Natalia Liñares

Natalia Carolina Linares González (born 3 January 2003) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Early life

The daughter of Yanelis Gonzales, Linares attended the Gimnasio del Norte school in Valledupar, Colombia. By 2023, she had moved to Santa Marta where she trains alongside Arnovis Dalmero under Martin Suarez. She studied at the University of Magdalena.

Career

Linares won the silver medal in the South American Games in Asunción in 2022 and also win silver at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali in 2022. That year, she won the long jump at the 2022 Bolivarian Games, setting a new Colombian U23 (and U20) national record of 6.79 metres.

Linares won a gold medal in the long jump at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, setting a personal best distance of 6.86 meters. In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

She won a gold medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, jumping 6.66 metres.

She was selected for the women's long jump at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she finished in twelfth place. She ran as part of the Colombian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
Representing  Colombia
2019	South American U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	7th	Long jump	5.43 m
2020	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	2nd	60 m	7.42 s NR
			1st	200 m	24.19 s CR
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	4th	100 m	11.55 s
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.61 s
			4th	Long jump	6.33 m
	South American U20 Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	100 m	11.68 s
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	46.35 s
			1st	Long jump	6.14 m
	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	12th	Long jump	5.66 m
	Junior Pan American Games (U23)	Cali, Colombia	3rd	100 m	11.60 s
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.59 s AU23R
			2nd	Long jump	6.27 m
2022	Bolivarian Games	Valledupar, Colombia	1st	Long jump	6.68 m GR, AU20R
	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Long jump	6.59 m
	South American Games	Asunción Paraguay	2nd	Long jump	6.43 m
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	Long jump	6.86 m GR, AU23R
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	4th	100 m	11.43 s
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	25th (q)	Long jump	6.38 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.79 s
			1st	Long jump	6.66 m
2024	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	3rd	Long jump	6.32 m
	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	12th	Long jump	6.33 m
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	14th (r)	4 × 100 m relay	43.92 s
	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	1st	Long jump	6.82 m
	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	6th	Long jump	6.62 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	22nd (q)	Long jump	6.40 m