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John Mena

Personal information
Full name	John Jairo Mena
Born	(1968-02-23) 23 February 1968
Education	Universidad Central de Bogotá
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	100 metres 200 metres 400 metres
Medal record Representing Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games 1993 Ponce 4x100m relay

John Jairo Mena (born 23 February 1968) is a retired Colombian sprinter. He won a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1989 South American Championships.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
1989	Bolivarian Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	8th	200 m	22.75
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.91
	South American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.4
			5th (h)	200 m	21.411
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.87
1990	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	7th	200 m	22.05
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	7th	200 m	22.05
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.50
1993	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	7th	100 m	10.98
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	8th	100 m	10.85
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.09
1995	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	6th	100 m	10.63
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.31
	Pacific Ocean Games	Cali, Colombia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.81
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.65
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	26th (q)	100 m	10.81
			31st (q)	200 m	21.93

¹Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 meters – 10.2h (Medellín 1993)

External links

• John Mena at World Athletics
• John Mena at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• John Mena at InterSportStats