Andrea Vargas

Andrea Vargas
Personal information
Born	28 May 1996
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres hurdles
Representing Costa Rica
Pan American Games

Andrea Carolina Vargas Mena (born 28 May 1996) is a Costa Rican athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She is the current NR holder with the time of 12.64 seconds which was set at the IAAF World Championships in Doha 2019. [2] She represented her country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. Participó en los juegos Panamericanos de Lima Perú, coronando en el primer lugar en los 100 mts vallas.

Her personal bests are 12.64 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Doha 2019) and 8.19 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Boston 2018).[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Costa Rica
2010	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	Heptathlon (youth)	3972 pts
2011	Central American Junior and Youth Championships (U18)	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	400 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	66.78
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	1st	400 m hurdles	1:04.72
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	15th (h)	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	14.34
2014	Central American Junior Championships	Morelia, Mexico	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.72
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	24th (sf)	100 m hurdles	14.11 (w)
2016	NACAC U23 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	11th (h)	200 m	25.18
2016	NACAC U23 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	6th	100 m hurdles	13.65
2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	100 m hurdles	13.12
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	32nd (h)	60 m hurdles	8.34
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.90
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.91
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	100 m hurdles	13.04
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Perú	1st	100 m hurdles	12.82
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	100 m hurdles	12.64

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References

"2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
Andrea Vargas at World Athletics
"Progression NR 100 metres hurdles Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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[1] "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[2] Andrea Vargas at World Athletics

[3] "Progression NR 100 metres hurdles Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.