Inés Melchor

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

{{Infobox athlete

|headercolor = lightblue

| name = Inés Melchor

| nickname =

| image = Inés Melchor - 2012 Olympic Womens Marathon.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Inés Melchor at the 2012 Summer Olympics Marathon

| fullname = Santa Inés Melchor Huiza

| sport = athletics

| event = Long-distance running

| club =

| collegeteam =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|08|30}}

| birth_place = Acobambilla, Huancavelica, Peru

| height={{height|m=1.58}}

| weight={{cvt|55|kg}}

| pb =

  • Half marathon: 1:14:3
  • Marathon: 2:26:48 20px

| country = {{PER}}

|updated = 29 July 2013

| medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Sport | Women's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country | {{PER}} }}

{{Medal|Comp|South American Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Lima|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Lima|10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Comp|Pan American Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Guadalajara|5000 m}}

}}

Inés Melchor (born August 30, 1986) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 25th with a time of 2:28:54. In September 2014 she placed 8th at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:26.48, new Peruvian national record and the South America area record.{{cite web|title=41 BMW Berlin-Marathon|url=http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/|website=BMW Berlin-Marathon}} Melchor also holds Peruvian records for the 5000 and 10,000 metres on the track.

She won numerous youth and junior medals at the continental level and competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and the 2004 Summer Olympics while still a teenager. She won a gold medal double in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. She also won the bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 2011 Pan American Games. She is a three-time champion at the South American Cross Country Championships.

Biography

=Early life=

Inés Melchor, or her complete name is Santa Inés Melchor Huiza, was born in 1986 in Acobambilla District, Huancavelica Province, Peru.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vCoIE6ksU0 "Inés Melchor - Clasificada a Londres 2012"], Xoom. Retrieved on 2012-08-06.

She was only three months old, when her parents decided to move to Huancayo. There, Inés attended local school in Nuestra Señora del Cocharcas and eventually earned a bachelor of laws from Los Andes Peruvian University.{{cite web|title=Inés Melchor: Mi corazón es del Perú y la UPLA|url=http://noticias.universia.edu.pe/vida-universitaria/noticia/2003/08/15/766140/ines-melchor-corazon-es-peru-uplabr.html|website=Inés Melchor: Mi corazón es del Perú y la UPLA|publisher=Universia Perú|access-date=2015-03-29|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150502/http://noticias.universia.edu.pe/vida-universitaria/noticia/2003/08/15/766140/ines-melchor-corazon-es-peru-uplabr.html|url-status=dead}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGw3UsVQj24 "Ines Melchor habla sobre su trayectoria en el deporte del atletismo"], . Retrieved on 2012-08-06.

=Youth and junior career=

Melchor emerged as one of South America's most promising long-distance runners at an early age. She was the 3000 metres silver medallist at the 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics at the age of thirteen.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2000.html South American Youth Championships 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023133434/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2000.html |date=2011-10-23 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. The following year she won the 5000 metres title at the 2001 South American Junior Championships in Athletics (also taking 3000 m bronze),[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2001.html South American Junior Championships 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023132140/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2001.html |date=2011-10-23 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. and then won the 3000 m title and 5000 m silver at the Pan American Juniors a week later.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2001.html Pan American Junior Championships 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831131411/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2001.html |date=2013-08-31 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

As the youngest in the field at the 2002 South American Junior Championships, both Nadia Rodríguez and Silvia Paredes (two and three years older than Melchor) got the better of her and the Peruvian left with only a 3000 m bronze medal.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2002.html South American Junior Championships 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105630/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2002.html |date=2016-03-04 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. In the younger age bracket she won the 3000 m at the South American Youth Championships and also managed a bronze in the 1500 metres.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2002.html South American Youth Championships 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831124416/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAYC/SAYC2002.html |date=2013-08-31 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

Melchor was dominant regionally in 2003: aged sixteen, she won both the 3000 m and 5000 m titles at the South American Juniors and the Pan American Juniors.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2003.html South American Junior Championships 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831124044/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2003.html |date=2013-08-31 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2003.html Pan American Junior Championships 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023134807/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2003.html |date=2011-10-23 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. At the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics 3000 m race she was the best performer from the Americas, taking sixth overall.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WYC/WYC2003.html World Youth Championships 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023135425/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WYC/WYC2003.html |date=2011-10-23 }}. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. Such was her talent, she was one of a handful of Peruvian entrants for the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, where she ran in the 5000 metres.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/peru/ines-melchor-196866#honours Ines Melchor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

In 2004, she won her first junior title at the South American Cross Country Championships.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAXC/SAXC2004.html South American Junior Cross Country 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715004638/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAXC/SAXC2004.html |date=2013-07-15 }}. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She was the only runner from the Americas in the 3000 m at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and placed eleventh.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2004.html World Junior Championships 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302233313/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2004.html |date=2014-03-02 }}. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. The seventeen-year-old made her Olympic debut for Peru at the 2004 Athens Olympics, competing in the first round of the 5000 m. She was the youngest of only twelve Peruvians present at the games.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PER/summer/2004/ Peru at the 2004 Athina Summer Games] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008055814/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PER/summer/2004/ |date=2013-10-08 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She also placed ninth in the 3000 m at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics that year.[http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123081158/http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf |date=2011-11-23 }}. RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.

She was South America's best performer in the junior race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, coming 29th overall.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WXC/WXC2005.html World Junior Cross Country 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715005603/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WXC/WXC2005.html |date=2013-07-15 }}. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. In her last year of junior eligibility she won a 3000/5000 m double at the South American Juniors. She was the 5000 m champion at the Pan American Juniors but was beaten into second in the 3000 m by Canada's Alyson Kohlmeier.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2005.html South American Junior Championships 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909212335/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2005.html |date=2012-09-09 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2005.html Pan American Junior Championships 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023141635/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/PAJC/PAJC2005.html |date=2011-10-23 }}. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

=Start of senior career=

In her first year of senior competition, she competed sparingly, with her main appearance being 72nd in the long race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships after a victory at the South American Cross Country . The following year saw her make a breakthrough as a senior runner. She was runner-up at the South American Cross Country behind Ednalva Laureano da Silva.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-02-25). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/on-the-road-to-mombasa-south-american-cross On the road to Mombasa - South American Cross Country Champs]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. At her first continental senior championships she was fifth in the 5000 m but took the 10,000 metres silver medal behind Lucélia Peres.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-10). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/1457-area-triple-jump-record-for-costa-as-sou 14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. At the Pan American Games she ran in the 10,000 m and broke Marilu Salazar's fourteen-year-old Peruvian record with a time of 33:36.17 minutes for fifth place.[http://www.atletismoperuano.com/?p=3945 INES MELCHOR Y MARIO BAZAN NUEVOS RECORDS NACIONALES] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130729111516/http://www.atletismoperuano.com/?p=3945 |date=2013-07-29 }} {{in lang|es}}. Atletismo Peruano (2007-07-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

In 2008, she won her second senior title at the South American Cross Country and did a 5000/10,000 m double at the national championships, breaking Faustina Huamani's 5000 m national record in the process with a time of 16:17.37 minutes.[https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_PERT.htm PER Record Progressions- Track]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-12-08). Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She went unchallenged in either event at the 2008 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, held in Lima and left with two gold medals.{{ Citation

|title=III Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 23 - 2008, 5-6-7 Setiembre, Lima - Perú

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|archive-date=November 22, 2020

|publisher=Federación Colombiana de Atletismo

|access-date=January 14, 2012

}}

=South American titles=

File:Valeria Straneo, Zhu Xiaolin, Inés Melchor - 2012 Olympic Womens Marathon.jpg

She reduced her national records further at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics held on home turf in Lima. She established herself as the region's best distance runner as she won the 5000 m with a time of 16:00.41 minutes and the 10,000 m with a time of 33:11.79 minutes (also a championship record).Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/brazil-repeats-triumph-at-south-american-cham Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

She ran in the 5000 m heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics later that year and tried out a new event at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she was 40th in a personal best of 74:33 minutes. She ended her year with a 10,000 m win at the Bolivarian Games.

In 2010, she won the South American cross country title for a third time, but did not compete for the rest of the year.Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/almachi-and-melchor-win-south-american-cross Almachi and Melchor win South American Cross titles]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She returned to action near the end of 2011 and claimed the 5000 m bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games.

=Marathon running=

Melchor moved up to the marathon distance in the 2012 season. Every year she runs about two or three marathons a year. Also she runs short races during the year. She made her debut at the Seoul International Marathon and her time of 2:30:04 hours for sixth was a Peruvian marathon record.Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2012-03-18). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/loyanae-cruises-20537-to-shatter-course-recor Loyanae cruises 2:05:37 to shatter course record in Seoul]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. This qualified her for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She improved her national record further at the competition, completing a run of 2:28:54 hours for 25th place.{{cite web|title=Ines Melchor|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/melchor-ines-1092320/|publisher=London 2012|access-date=2012-08-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103153826/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/melchor-ines-1092320/|archive-date=2013-01-03}}{{ Citation| date = September 24, 2011| title = Inés Melchor ganó medalla de oro| url = http://www.diariolaprimeraperu.com/online/chimbote/noticia.php?IDnoticia=9674| publisher = La Primera| language = es| access-date = May 13, 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Women's Marathon: Results|url=http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-marathon/index.html?v=20120806-055117400|publisher=London 2012|access-date=2012-08-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205100448/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-marathon/index.html?v=20120806-055117400|archive-date=2012-12-05}} At the closing ceremony she was the flag bearer for Peru.

In 2013, she placed third at the Santiago Marathon, won the Ultimas Noticias 15K in Ecuador,[http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/results/2013_06.htm AIMS June 2013 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908005914/http://aimsworldrunning.org/results/2013_06.htm |date=2015-09-08 }}. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. and was runner-up at the Bogotá Half Marathon.Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-07-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kipsang-and-jeptoo-win-in-bogota Kipsang and Jeptoo win in Bogota]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. On April 12, 2015, she won the Santiago Marathon which confirmed her qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite web|url = http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-athletes-ines-melchor-and-raul-pacheco-to-run-for-gold-at-rio-2016-olympic-games-551541.aspx|title = Peru athletes Ines Melchor and Raul Pacheco to run for gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games|date = April 13, 2015|website = Andina Agencia Peruana de Noticias|access-date = April 30, 2015|archive-date = April 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143306/http://www.andina.com.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-athletes-ines-melchor-and-raul-pacheco-to-run-for-gold-at-rio-2016-olympic-games-551541.aspx|url-status = dead}}

Personal bests

  • 1500 m: 4:30.78Alcalá de Henares, 4 July 2004
  • 3000 m: 9:28.44Sherbrooke, 9 July 2003
  • 5000 m: 15:30.63 NRTrujillo, 28 November 2013
  • 10,000 m: 33:07.75Lima, 6 October 2013
  • Half marathon: 1:12:31Medellín, 8 September 2013
  • Marathon: 2:26.48 NR - Berlin, 28 September 2014

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{PER}}
2000

|South American Youth Championships

|Bogotá, Colombia

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|10:40.67 min A

rowspan=4|2001

|rowspan=2|South American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Santa Fe, Argentina

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|3000 m

|10:12.99

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|17:14.49

rowspan=2|Pan American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Santa Fe, Argentina

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|3000 m

|10:11.50

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|17:28.18

rowspan=4|2002

|rowspan=2|South American Junior Championships /
South American Games

|rowspan=2|Belém, Brazil

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|3000m

|10:05.60

4th

|5000m

|17:49.04

rowspan=2|South American Youth Championships

|rowspan=2|Asunción, Paraguay

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|4:44.94

bgcolor=gold|1st

|3000 m

|10:19.43

rowspan=6|2003

|rowspan=2|South American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Guayaquil, Ecuador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|3000 m

|9:58.83

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:57.0

World Youth Championships

|Sherbrooke, Canada

|6th

|3000 m

|9:28.44

rowspan=2|Pan American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Bridgetown, Barbados

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|3000 m

|9:57.96

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:53.37

World Championships

|Saint-Denis, France

|15th (h)

|5000 m

|17:17.90

rowspan=4|2004

|South American Cross Country Championships – Junior

|Macaé, Brazil

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|6.0 km

|21:43

World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|11th

|3000 m

|9:41.89

Ibero-American Championships

|Huelva, Spain

|9th

|3000 m

|9:37.35

Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|38th (h)

|5000 m

|17:08.07

rowspan=6|2005

|South American Cross Country Championships – Junior

|Montevideo, Uruguay

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|6.0 km

|22:19

World Cross Country Championships – Junior

|Saint-Galmier, France

|29th

|6.153 km

|22:33

rowspan=2|Pan American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Windsor, Canada

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|9:36.24

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:48.06

rowspan=2|South American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Rosario, Argentina

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|3000 m

|9:50.87

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|17:05.78

rowspan=4|2006

|South American Cross Country Championships

|Mar del Plata, Argentina

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|8.0 km

|27:55

World Cross Country Championships

|Fukuoka, Japan

|72nd

|8.0 km

|28:49

rowspan=2|South American U23 Championships /
South American Games

|rowspan=2|Buenos Aires, Argentina

|6th

|5000m

|17:16.39

4th

|10,000m

|35:57.85

rowspan=4|2007

|South American Cross Country Championships

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|8.0 km

|29:34

rowspan=2|South American Championships

|rowspan=2|São Paulo, Brazil

|5th

|5000 m

|16:23.44

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|10,000 m

|34:13.23

Pan American Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|5th

|10,000 m

|33:36.17

rowspan=4|2008

|South American Cross Country Championships

|Asunción, Paraguay

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|8.0 km

|28:19

rowspan=3|South American U23 Championships

|rowspan=3|Lima, Peru

|4th

|1500m

|4:38.36 A

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000m

|16:44.59 A

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000m

|35:43.27 A

rowspan=7|2009

|South American Cross Country Championships

|Concepción, Chile

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|8.0 km

|28:25

rowspan=2|South American Championships

|rowspan=2|Lima, Peru

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:00.41

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|33:11.79

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|20th (h)

|5000 m

|16:00.83

World Half Marathon Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|40th

|Half marathon

|1:14:33

rowspan=2|Bolivarian Games

|rowspan=2|Sucre, Bolivia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|17:42.95 A

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|36:00.62 A

2010

|South American Cross Country Championships

|Guayaquil, Ecuador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|8.0 km

|27:15.9

2011

|Pan American Games

|Guadalajara, Mexico

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|5000 m

|16:41.50

2012

|Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|25th

|Marathon

|2:28:54

rowspan=2|2013

|rowspan=2|Bolivarian Games

|rowspan=2|Trujillo, Peru

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|15:30.63

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|33:52.9 ht

rowspan=3|2014

|rowspan=2|South American Games

|rowspan=2|Santiago, Chile

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|15:51.20

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|33:10.06

Ibero-American Championships

|São Paulo, Brazil

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|15:58.85

rowspan=4|2015

|Santiago Marathon

|Santiago, Chile

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Marathon

|2:28:18

Quito Últimas Noticias

|Quito, Ecuador

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|15K

|51:56

South American Championships

|Lima, Peru

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|32:28.87

Pichanaki International Marathon

|Chanchamayo, Peru

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|21K

|1:28

2017

|Bolivarian Games

|Santa Marta, Colombia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|33:57.13

2018

|South American Games

|Cochabamba, Bolivia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|35:57.86

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{World Athletics}}
  • [https://archive.today/20130103153826/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/melchor-ines-1092320/ London Summer 2012] site
  • {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ines-melchor-1.html |title=Inés Melchor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202151448/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ines-melchor-1.html |archive-date=2013-02-02 |url-status=dead}}

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