Gilmar Mayo

Gilmar Mayo

Personal information
Full name	Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano
Nationality	Colombian
Born	September 30, 1969 Pailitas, Cesar, Colombia
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Men's athletics
Medal record South American Games 1994 Valencia High jump 1998 Cuenca Triple jump 1998 Cuenca High jump 1998 Cuenca Long jump Bolivarian Games 1993 Cochabamba High jump 2001 Ambato High jump 2005 Armenia High jump

Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano (born 30 September 1969) is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 m (7 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in), achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian and South American record.^[1] Mayo represented Colombia twice at the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000) and three times at the World Championships in Athletics (1995, 1997 and 1999).

Mayo was the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the high jump and competed at the Pan American Games in 1995, 1999 and 2007, which included a bronze on his debut at the competition. He was a four-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1991, 1995, 1997, 2005) and a three-time gold medallist at the South American Games – this includes the 1998 South American Games where he also won the triple jump title and the long jump silver medal. His mark of 2.25 m (7 ft 4 ¹⁄₂ in) at the 1994 South American Games is the current Games record. He was a frequent participant at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and was the gold medallist there in 2000 and 2002.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Colombia
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	High jump	2.20m CR
1993	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	High jump	2.20m A
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	High jump	2.32 m
	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	1st	High jump	2.25m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	10th	High jump	2.24m
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	High jump	2.26m
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	High jump	2.25m CR
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	High jump	2.23 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	High jump	2.29m
	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	High jump	2.26m CR
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	High jump	2.18 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	High jump	2.30m
	South American Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	2nd	Long jump
			1st	Triple jump	15.78 m A
			1st	High jump	2.24 m A
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	2nd	High jump	2.26 m A =CR
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	5th	High jump	2.20 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	High jump	2.24 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	11th	High jump	2.20m
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	High jump	2.23m A
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	High jump	2.26 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	High jump	2.15m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	High jump	2.22m
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	High jump	2.26m GR A
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	High jump	2.20 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	High jump	2.19m
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	2nd	High jump	2.20m
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th	High jump	2.10m
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	High jump	2.21m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	5th	High jump	2.15m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	High jump	2.10m

References

• Gilmar Mayo profile at IAAF

1. Colombian athletics records (updated June 2007)