Inés Melchor

Inés Melchor

Inés Melchor at the 2012 Summer Olympics Marathon
Personal information
Full name	Santa Inés Melchor Huiza
Nationality	Peruvian
Born	(1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 30) Acobambilla, Huancavelica
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Peru
Sport	athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Half marathon: 1:14:3 Marathon: 2:26:48
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Peru South American Championships 2009 Lima 5000 m 2009 Lima 10,000 m Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 5000 m
Updated on 29 July 2013.

Inés Melchor (born August 30, 1986 in Acobambilla, Huancavelica) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 25th with a time of 2:28:54. In September 2014 she placed 8th at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:26.48, new Peruvian national record and the South America area record. Melchor also holds Peruvian records for the 5000 and 10,000 metres on the track.

She won numerous youth and junior medals at the continental level and competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and the 2004 Summer Olympics while still a teenager. She won a gold medal double in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. She also won the bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 2011 Pan American Games. She is a three-time champion at the South American Cross Country Championships.

Inés Melchor, or her complete name is Santa Inés Melchor Huiza, was born in 1986 in Acobambilla District, Huancavelica Province, Perú.

She was only three months old, when her parents decided to move to Huancayo. There, Inés attended local school in Nuestra Señora del Cocharcas and eventually earned a bachelor of laws from Los Andes Peruvian University.