Muriel Coneo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Colombian middle-distance and steeplechase runner
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Place of Birth: Fuerte Island, Colombia
About Muriel Coneo
- Muriel Coneo Paredes (March 15, 1987) is a Colombian Olympic athlete specializing in the middle-distance running events.
- She won multiple medals on the continental level, including the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Muriel was born on Isla Fuerte, a Caribbean island belonging to the BolÃvar Department, Colombia on March 15, 1987 as the oldest of four sisters between Carlos Coneo and Alicia Paredes.
- She began her athletic career at age of 14 when she moved to Medellin in 2002 for training and competing in the Heptathlon.
- Later, under guidance of Libardo Hoyos, her current coach, she began to run middle distance events including 800 m and 1500 m in which she set several national records and competed at continental and world level as a junior athlete.
- In 2013, she began to train for 3000 m steeplechase and the same year she placed first at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru].
- In 2017, she ran her first international 5000 m in the 2017 Mt.
- SAC Relays (Torrance, CA) where she set a PB of 15:41.55
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