Ronal Longa

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| fullname = Ronal Longa Mosquera

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| nationality = Colombian

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|2004|06|30}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = {{ubl|60 metres|100 metres|200 metres|4×100 metres}}

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| club = Liga de Bogotá

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|60 metres: 6.65 (2025)

|100 metres: 9.99 AU23R, {{athAbbr|AU20R|South American}} (2023)

|200 metres: 20.56 (2025)

|4×100 metres: 39.04 (2023)}}

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Ronal Longa (born 30 June 2004) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He is the Colombian U20 and U23 national record

holder over 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/colombia/ronal-longa-14992007|title=Ronal Longa|accessdate=20 August 2023|website=World Athletics}}

Career

Longa became only the fifth junior athlete to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres, and set a new national senior record time of 9.99 seconds to win the bronze medal at the South American Athletics Championships, in São Paulo in July 2023.{{cite web|website=eseuro.com|url=https://euro.eseuro.com/sports/723006.html|title= Longa broke the 10 second barrier in 100 m. and will go to the Olympics!|date=30 July 2023|accessdate=20 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.paudal.com/2023/07/29/ronal-longa-broke-a-record-and-qualified-for-the-2024-paris-olympics/|website=paudal.com|title=Ronal Longa broke a record and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics|date=29 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://m.elcolombiano.com/deportes/ronal-longa-bajo-de-los-10-segundos-en-los-100-metros-y-clasifico-a-olimpicos-de-paris-BD22038584|website=elcolombiano|accessdate=20 August 2023|title= Amazing! Ronal Longa fell below 10 seconds in the 100 meters and qualified for the Olympics|date=28 July 2023}}

Longa competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships but suffered an injury in the 100 metres and did not qualify from his heat.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4536/men-s-100m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=20 August 2023|title= Men's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=19 August 2023}}

He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5834/men-s-100m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=4 August 2024}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{COL}}
rowspan=4\|2022 \|rowspan=2\|World U20 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Cali, Colombia \|19th (sf) \|100 m \|10.45 s
{{n/a}} \|4 × 100 m relay \|DQ
rowspan=2\|South American U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Cascavel, Brazil \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|100 m \|10.30 s
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.59 s {{athAbbr\|NU23R}}
Rowspan=7\|2023 \|Rowspan=2\|South American U20 Championships \|Rowspan=2\|Bogotá, Colombia \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|10.08 s {{AthAbbr\|NR\|Colombian}}, {{athAbbr\|NU20R}}
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.77 s {{athAbbr\|NU20R}}
Rowspan=2\|Central American and Caribbean Games \|Rowspan=2\|San Salvador, El Salvador \|8th \|100 m \|10.63 s
4th \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.45 s
South American Championships \|São Paulo, Brazil \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|9.99 s AU23R, {{athAbbr\|AU20R\|South American}}, {{AthAbbr\|NR\|Colombian}}
World Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|54th (h) \|100 m \|11.31 s
Pan American Games \|Santiago, Chile \|{{n/a}} \|100 m \|DQ
2024 \|Olympic Games \|Paris, France \|46th (h) \|100 m \|10.29 s
rowspan=2\|2025 \|rowspan=2\|South American Championships \|rowspan=2\|Mar del Plata, Argentina \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|10.04 s
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|200 m \|20.56 s

colspan="6"|Representing {{COL}}

rowspan=4|2022

|rowspan=2|World U20 Championships

|rowspan=2|Cali, Colombia

|19th (sf)

|100 m

|10.45 s

|4 × 100 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=2|South American U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Cascavel, Brazil

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd