Elsa Monterroso

{{short description|Guatemalan long-distance runner}}

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{{Medal|Bronze|2007 San Salvador|5000 m}}

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Elsa Elizabeth Monterroso (born 13 December 1971) is a Guatemalan former long-distance runner who competed over distances from 1500 metres up to the half marathon. She was active in the 1990s and 2000s. She represented her country at the 2003 Pan American Games and was twice a finalist.[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/127472 Elsa Monterroso]. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-04. She competed twice at world level, at the 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/guatemala/elsa-monterroso-68240 Elsa Monterroso]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-04.[https://more.arrs.run/runner/8760 Elsa Elizabeth Monterroso]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-09-04.

She was highly successful at competitions in the Central American region. She took a three golds and broke three Games records at the 2001 Central American Games and was a seven-time winner at the Central American Championships in Athletics. She was also a bronze medallist at the 2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics and a five-time bronze medallist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.

Monterroso holds the Guatemalan national records in the 3000 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

Personal bests

1500 metres – 4:34.55 min (2001)
3000 metres – 9:42.33 min (1994) {{AthAbbr|NR|Guatemalan}}
5000 metres – 17:03.41 min (2002) {{AthAbbr|NR|Guatemalan}}
10,000 metres – 35:54.46 min (2003) {{AthAbbr|NR|Guatemalan}}
Half marathon – 78:59 min (2003)

International competitions

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rowspan=2|1991

|rowspan=2|Central American Championships

|rowspan=2|Tegucigalpa, Honduras

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|2:22.32

bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:55.73

rowspan=2|1993

|rowspan=2|CAC Championships

|rowspan=2|Cali, Colombia

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|4:34.59

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|3000 m

|10:09.18

rowspan=5|1994

|rowspan=3|Central American Games

|rowspan=3|San Salvador, El Salvador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:42.80

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|

rowspan=2|Ibero-American Championships

|rowspan=2|Mar del Plata, Argentina

|4th

|4:43.16

6th

|9:42.33

1996

|Ibero-American Championships

|Medellín, Colombia

|11th

|4:43.44

rowspan=3|1997

|rowspan=2|Central American Games

|rowspan=2|San Pedro Sula, Honduras

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|4:39.31

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|18:00.5

CAC Championships

|San Juan, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|10,000 m

|36:57.30

rowspan=2|1998

|Maracaibo, Venezuela

|7th

|17:48.27

Central American Championships

|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|18:45.3

rowspan=3|2000

|South American Cross Country Championships

|Cartagena, Colombia

| — (guest)

|Senior race

|30:05

rowspan=2|World Half Marathon Championships

|rowspan=2|Veracruz, Mexico

|49th

|Half marathon

|1:30:30

9th

|Team

|4:33:36

rowspan=5|2001

|rowspan=3|Central American Games

|rowspan=3|

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:34.55 {{AthAbbr|GR|Central American Games}}

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|17:19.10 {{AthAbbr|GR|Central American Games}}

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|36:07.26 {{AthAbbr|GR|Central American Games}}

rowspan=2|CAC Championships

|rowspan=2|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|17:17.00

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|36:57.30

rowspan=5|2002

|rowspan=2|Central American Championships

|rowspan=2|San José, Costa Rica

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|4:47.72

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|18:01.34

rowspan=2|CAC Games

|rowspan=2|San Salvador, El Salvador

|7th

|4:39.48

4th

|17:03.41 {{AthAbbr|NR|Guatemalan}}

Ibero-American Championships

|Guatemala City, Guatemala

| —

|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

rowspan=9|2003

|CAC Cross Country Championships

|Acapulco, Mexico

|6th

|Senior race

|31:38

rowspan=3|Central American Championships

|rowspan=3|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:40.58

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|17:38.32 {{AthAbbr|CR|Central American Championships in Athletics}}

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|37:28.80

rowspan=2|CAC Championships

|rowspan=2|St. George's, Bermuda

|3rd

|4:39.44

2nd

|35:54.46 {{AthAbbr|NR|Guatemalan}}

rowspan=3|Pan American Games

|rowspan=3|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|11th

|4:46.53

8th

|17:13.72

7th

|36:24.23

rowspan=4|2004

|rowspan=2|World Cross Country Championships

|rowspan=2|Brussels, Belgium

|82nd

|15:53

88th

|33:21

rowspan=2|Central American Championships

|rowspan=2|Managua, Nicaragua

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|18:00.62

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|36:23.42

rowspan=2|2005

|rowspan=2|CAC Championships

|rowspan=2|Nassau, Bahamas

|5th

|18:03.15

6th

|39:59.45

rowspan=4|2007

|Central American Cross Country Championships

|Lord's Bank, Belize

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Senior race

|31:32

NACAC Championships

|San Salvador, El Salvador

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|17:59.85

rowspan=2|Central American Championships

|rowspan=2|San José, Costa Rica

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|18:43.87

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|39:03.18

2009

|Central American Championships

|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|18:23.77

References

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External links

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Category:Living people

Category:1971 births

Category:Guatemalan female long-distance runners

Category:Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games

Category:Central American Games gold medalists for Guatemala

Category:Central American Games medalists in athletics

Category:Central American Games silver medalists for Guatemala

Category:Central American Games bronze medalists for Guatemala

Category:Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games