Andrea Vargas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Mena.

Andrea Carolina Vargas Mena (born 28 May 1996) is a Costa Rican athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She is the current NR holder with a time of 12.64 seconds, which was set at the IAAF World Championships in Doha 2019. ^[2] She represented her country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. She participated in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, achieving first place in 100 meter hurdles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Andrea Vargas

Personal information
Born	(1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 28)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres hurdles
Medal record Representing  Costa Rica Pan American Games 2019 Lima 100 m hurdles 2023 Santiago 100 m hurdles

Her personal bests are 12.64 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Doha 2019) and 8.19 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Boston 2018).^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Costa Rica
2010	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	Heptathlon (youth)	3972 pts
2011	Central American Junior and Youth Championships (U18)	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	400 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	66.78
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	1st	400 m hurdles	1:04.72
	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	15th (h)	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	14.34
2014	Central American Junior Championships	Morelia, Mexico	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.72
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	24th (sf)	100 m hurdles	14.11 (w)
2016	NACAC U23 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	11th (h)	200 m	25.18
			6th	100 m hurdles	13.65
2017	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	100 m hurdles	13.12
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	32nd (h)	60 m hurdles	8.34
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.90
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.91
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	100 m hurdles	13.04
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Perú	1st	100 m hurdles	12.82
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	100 m hurdles	12.64
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	9th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.69
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	15th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.82
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.02
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	100 m hurdles	13.09

References

1. "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
2. Andrea Vargas at World Athletics
3. "Athletics VARGAS Andrea Carolina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
4. "Progression NR 100 metres hurdles Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Nery Brenes	Flag bearer for  Costa Rica Tokyo 2020 with Ian Sancho Chinchila	Succeeded by Gerald Drummond Milagro Mena