Melisa Murillo

Melisa Murillo

Personal information
Nationality	Colombian
Born	(1982-01-13) January 13, 1982 El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Heats, 2004
Personal best	100 metres – 11.22, 200 metres – 24.94, 60 metres – 7.43
Medal record Representing Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador 4x100m relay
Updated on 20 August 2016

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Murillo and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.

Melisa Murillo Rivas (born 13 January 1982, in El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca) is a retired Colombian athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was also the reserve relay member at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was not selected to run.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
1996	South American Youth Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	6th	200 m	26.17
			8th	400 m	63.03
			2nd	4x400 m	3:55.55
1999	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, United States	4th	4x100 m	46.17
	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15th (sf)	100 m	12.03
			20th (sf)	200 m	25.22
	South American Junior Championships	Concepción, Chile	3rd	100 m	11.76
			1st	4x100 m	45.87
2000	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	5th	100 m	11.94
			7th	200 m	25.03 (w)
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	10th (sf)	100m	11.84 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			—	4×400m relay	DQ
2001	South American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	2nd	100 m	12.03
			3rd	200 m	24.37
			2nd	4x100 m	45.92
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	4th	100 m	11.95
			3rd	200 m	24.28 (w)
			3rd	4x100 m	46.89
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	6th	100 m	11.74
			2nd	4x100 m	44.44
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	6th	100m	12.04 w (wind: 2.3 m/s)
			—	200m	DNF
			1st	4x100m relay	45.34
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	5th	100 m	11.71
			8th	200 m	24.51
			2nd	4x100 m	44.67
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	12th (h)	100 m	11.84
			5th	4x100 m	45.13
2004	South American U23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	100m	11.78 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			1st	4x100m relay	43.46
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	6th	100 m	11.77
			2nd	4x100 m	43.79
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	42nd (h)	100 m	11.67
			10th (h)	4x100 m	43.30
2005	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	2nd	100 m	11.39
			1st	4x100 m	43.17
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	33rd (h)	100 m	11.71
			6th	4x100 m	43.07
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	5th	100 m	11.80
			3rd	4x100 m	44.79

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.22 (+1.6 m/s) (Armenia 2005)
• 200 metres – 24.94 (-0.9 m/s) (Bydgoszcz 1999)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.43 (Boston 2004)