The Colombian Olympic Delegation for 2024

Colombia will be looking to compete at the highest level again in this year’s Paris Olympics. The list of qualified athletes for this event keeps getting bigger, and so does Colombia’s chance of playing a significant role in many sports. Last March, Ingrit Valencia, and Yilmar Gonzalez made two more slots available for the Colombian delegation to join John Rodriguez in Fencing and Angel Hernandez in Gymnastics. But the sport that has given the most slots to Colombia was cycling. 

The Colombian Olympic delegation for the Summer Olympic Games

Football

• Slot 18: Colombian Women’s National Team – Runner-up in the Copa América 2022.

Athletics

• Slot 19: Sandra Lorena Arenas – 20 km race walk, second place in the Asian Race Walking Championships.
• Slot 20: Éider Arévalo – 20 km race walk, time of 1:19:23 at the World Race Walking Tour Dudinska.
• Slot 21: Natalia Linares – Long jump, winner at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
• Slot 23: Ronal Longa – 100-meter sprint, broke the 10-second barrier at the South American Athletics Championships.
• Slot 24: Flor Denis Ruiz – Javelin throw, world runner-up at the Orbital championships in Budapest.
• Slot 26: Angie Orjuela – Marathon, 16th place at the Berlin International Marathon.
• Slot 50-51: Laura Chalarca and César Herrera – Mixed marathon race walking team.
• Slot 52-53: Lorena Arenas and Mateo Romero – Mixed marathon race walking team.

Swimming

• Slot 22: Daniel Restrepo – 3-meter springboard, finalist at the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships.
• Slot 34: Luis Felipe Uribe – 3-meter springboard, finalist at the Qatar World Swimming Championships.

Wrestling

• Slot 25: Tatiana Rentería – 76 kg wrestling, bronze at the Belgrade 2023 World Wrestling Championships.
• Slot 35: Jair Alexis Cuero – 77 kg Greco-Roman wrestling, Olympic qualifier in Acapulco.
• Slot 36: Carlos Andrés Muñoz – 87 kg Greco-Roman wrestling, Olympic qualifier in Acapulco.
• Slot 37: Alisson Camila Cardozo – 50 kg freestyle wrestling, finalist at the Olympic qualifier in Acapulco.

Gymnastics

• Slot 27: Luisa Blanco – All Around, perfect score (10 points) in a test in the United States.
• Slot 41: Ángel Hernández – Trampoline gymnastics.

Boxing

• Slot 28: Angie Valdés – 60 kg boxing, semifinalist at the Pan American Games in Chile.
• Slot 29: Valeria Arboleda – 57 kg boxing, semifinalist at the Pan American Games in Chile.
• Slot 30: Jenny Arias – 54 kg women’s boxing, finalist at the Pan American Games in Chile.
• Slot 38: Ingrit Valencia – 58 kg boxing, World Pre-Olympic Boxing Championship in Busto Arsizio.
• Slot 39: Yilmar González – 57 kg boxing, World Pre-Olympic Boxing Championship in Busto Arsizio.

Archery

• Slot 31: Ana Maria Rendon – Recurve archery, a semifinalist at the Pan American Games in Chile.
• Slot 46-48: Men’s archery team.

Equestrian

• Slot 32: Roberto Teran – Individual equestrian jumping, seventh place at the Pan American Games in Chile 2023.

Sailing

• Slot 33: Victor Bolaños – Formula kite sailing, excellent performance in Chile.

Fencing

• Slot 40: Jhon Rodríguez – Individual épée, fencing.

Weightlifting

• Slot 42: Yenny Álvarez – 59 kg weightlifting, World Weightlifting Cup in Thailand.
• Slot 43: Luis Javier Mosquera – 73 kg weightlifting, World Weightlifting Cup in Thailand.
• Slot 44: Yeison López – 89 kg weightlifting, silver medal at the World Weightlifting Cup in Thailand.
• Slot 45: Mari Sánchez – 71 kg weightlifting, World Weightlifting Cup in Thailand.

Cycling

• Slot 54: Martha Bayona – Keirin, track cycling.
• Slot 55: Kevin Quintero – Keirin, track cycling.
• Slot 56: Men’s omnium team, track cycling.
• Slot 57: Women’s speed – Keirin, track cycling.
• Slot 58: Women’s road cycling team.
• Slot 59 – 60: Men’s road cycling.

Canoeing

• Slot 61: Manuela Gómez – C1-200M women’s canoeing.