Johana Moreno

Johana Moreno

Personal information
Full name	Eli Johana Moreno Valencia
Born	(1985-04-15) April 15, 1985 Carepa, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Women's Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Shot put: 15.61 m (2005) Discus: 45.95 (2005) Hammer throw: 69.80 (2009)
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  Colombia CAC Games 2010 Mayagüez Hammer throw 2006 Cartagena Hammer throw Bolivarian Games 2009 Sucre Hammer throw 2005 Armenia Shot put 2005 Armenia Hammer throw South American Championships 2007 São Paulo Hammer throw 2009 Lima Hammer throw 2005 Cali Hammer throw 2006 Tunja Hammer throw 2011 Buenos Aires Hammer throw
Updated on 9 January 2015.

Eli Johana Moreno Valencia (born 15 April 1985 in Carepa, Antioquia) is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw.^[1] She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She is the Colombian record holder in the hammer with a best throw of 69.80, making her the second best South American thrower after Jennifer Dahlgren.

She is a two-time South American Champion and was runner-up in 2005 and 2006. She has also won two bronze medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships, as well as a bronze at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Career

She won her first continental medal at the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics, where she was runner-up to Jennifer Dahlgren but managed to improve the Colombian national record to 61.65 m.^[2] The following year she won a bronze medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, setting a new record of 65.51 m.^[3] At the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics she was again behind Dahlgren at continental level and took the silver medal with a throw of 64.94 m.^[4] She ended the year with another silver behind Dahlgren at the 2006 South American Games which doubled as the Under-23 continental championships.^[5]

She achieved a season's best of 64.40 m to win the hammer at the Grand Prix Colombiano, where she also took the silver in the shot put with a throw of 14.05 m.^[6] Moreno obtained her first South American title at the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics, winning the hammer in São Paulo. She also took part in the 2007 Pan American Games that year and was eighth in hammer.^[7]

She made a strong start to the outdoor season in 2008, setting a new national record of 67.09 m to take the bronze at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.^[8] She improved this further at the Colombian Grand Prix in Bogotá, recording a mark of 68.00 m. ^[9] She was selected to represent her country at the Olympics for the first time at the 2008 Beijing Games. She threw 64.66 m in the qualifiers and did not progress to the final.^[10]

Moreno began 2009 with an improvement to 69.80 m in March at the Grand Prix Sudamericano in Santa Fe, Argentina, making her the second best South American hammer thrower after Dahlgren.^[11] She won her second continental title at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics with a throw of 65.79 m,^[12] and then took the bronze at the 2009 CAC Championships behind Cuban Arasay Thondike and improving Venezuelan Rosa Rodríguez.^[13] She attended her second global event – the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – but her throw of 65.05 m was again not enough to make the final.^[14]

In 2010, Moreno's best throw (in hammer throw) was 66.98 metres of which she achieved at the Central American and Caribbean Games. She received 1st place in the games after throwing further than the Venezuelan record holder, Rosa Rodriguez. Moreno competed in no other major competitions in 2010.

2011 was a more successful year for Moreno than the previous year, placing 1st at the Central American and Caribbean Champiopnships for the first time (bronze in 2008 and 2009) and achieving second at the South American Championships behind accomplished athlete, Jennifer Dahlgren. Moreno also competed at the Pan American Games coming 12th place with a throw of 59.23 metres. Her best throw was 68.53 metres which she did at the Central American and Caribbean Champiopnships. It was also her best throw since 2009.

Personal bests

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Major competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
2002	South American Youth Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	4th	Shot	13.03 m
			2nd	Discus	41.34 m
			2nd	Hammer	49.63 m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Hammer	61.65 m
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	3rd	Shot	13.99 m A
			3rd	Hammer	59.99 m A
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	Hammer	65.51 m (NR)
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	4th	Shot	14.17 m A
			7th	Discus	41.39 m A
			2nd	Hammer	64.94 m A
	South American U23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	6th	Shot put	13.74 m
			4th	Discus	44.67 m
			2nd	Hammer	61.64 m
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	3rd	Hammer	61.20 m
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	6th	Shot	13.81 m
			1st	Hammer	61.93 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th	Hammer	62.77 m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	4th	Hammer	62.49 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	3rd	Hammer	67.09 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	36th (q)	Hammer	64.66 m
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Hammer	65.79 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	Hammer	67.66 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	31st (q)	Hammer	65.05 m
	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	1st	Hammer	69.65 m GR A
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	Hammer	66.98 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd	Hammer	68.53 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	Hammer	67.97 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	12th	Hammer	59.23 m A
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd	Hammer	68.58 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	18th (q)	Hammer	68.53 m
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	Hammer	67.22 m
	Bolivarian Games	Trujillo, Perú	2nd	Hammer	66.59 m
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	Hammer	65.58 m
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	Hammer	66.01 m
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	7th	Hammer	64.13 m A
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	3rd	Hammer	67.77 m A
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	Hammer	66.05 m

References

External links

• Johana Moreno profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography