Rosibel García

Rosibel García

Personal information
Full name	Rosibel García Mina
Born	(1981-02-13) February 13, 1981 (age 35) Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Women's Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Colombia Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 800 m 2011 Guadalajara 1500 m 2007 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m 2011 Guadalajara 800 m Bolivarian Games 2005 Armenia 800 m 2005 Armenia 1500 m 2005 Armenia 4x400 m relay 2009 Sucre 800 m 2009 Sucre 1500 m 2001 Ambato 800 m South American Championships 2005 Cali 800 m 2005 Cali 1500 m 2007 Montevideo 1500 m 2009 Lima 800 m 2009 Lima 1500 m 2011 Buenos Aires 800 m 2011 Buenos Aires 1500 m 2005 Cali 4×400 m relay 2003 Barquisimeto 800 m 2003 Barquisimeto 4×400 m relay
Updated on 12 June 2014.

Rosibel García Mina (born 13 February 1981) is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.

She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres events. The 800 m record was set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she became the first Colombian woman ever to reach the semi-finals of the event. She was one of South America's foremost female middle-distance runners in the first decade of the 21st century, having been a three-time South American Champion in the 1500 m and a two-time champion over 800 m. In addition to the medals she has won at the Bolivarian Games and various Central American competitions, she won a silver and bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Born in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, she began her international career with a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 1999 South American Junior Championships. She competed on the world stage the year after, reaching the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Her first senior medal was an 800 m silver at the 2001 Bolivarian Games. Soon after she was achieving medals at the continental level: after an 800 m bronze at the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics, she helped the Colombian women's 4×400 metres relay team to win a second bronze with veteran Mirtha Brock. García made her first appearance at the Pan American Games that year, finishing thirteenth in the women's 800 m final.

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