Déborah Rodríguez

Not to be confused with Deborah Rodriguez.

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

Déborah Lizeth Rodríguez Guelmo (born December 2, 1992, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan athlete ^[1][2] and fashion model.^[3] She is also the twin sister of football player Ángel Rodríguez of River Plate Montevideo.^[4]

Déborah Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Déborah Lizeth Rodríguez Guelmo
Born	(1992-12-02) December 2, 1992 (age 31) Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Uruguay
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m hurdles 800 m
Medal record Representing  Uruguay Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 400 m hurdles 2019 Lima 800 m 2023 Santiago 800 m

Athletic Career 2008 - Present

At the 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 400m hurdles event, and also won two golds in the same event at the 2008 and 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. Rodríguez also won bronze at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. She competed in the Women's 400m hurdles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics but ranked 28th and was eliminated in the first round even though she broke the national Women's 400m hurdles record (57.04 seconds), which Rodríguez previously held in 2011 with 58.63. She also holds the national record at 400 metres-52.53 and 800 metres-2:01.46.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
100 m	12.18 s (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Montevideo	30 Aug 2014
200 m	24.51 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Montevideo	31 Aug 2014
400 m	52.53 s	Montevideo	3 Oct 2014
800 m	2'00,20 min	Geneva	12 Jun 2021
100 m hurdles	14.61 s (wind: NWI)	Buenos Aires	8 Feb 2014
400 m hurdles	56.30 s	Beijing	23 Aug 2015

Modeling Ventures 2013 - Present

Déborah Rodríguez
Occupation(s)	Runway, fashion, commercial, publicity
Years active	2013 – present
Modeling information
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Manager	Cristino Management

In January, 2013 Rodríguez was signed into a modeling agency by Fernando Cristino called Cristino Management.^[5]

Achievements in athletics

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Uruguay
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	7th (h)	400 m	58.62
2008	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Perú	4th	400 m hurdles	1:02.91
	South American Youth Championships	Lima, Perú	1st	400 m hurdles	61.27
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Perú	4th	400 m hurdles	60.07
	World Youth Championship	Bressanone, Italy	3rd	400 m hurdles	59.71
	South American Junior Championships	Sao Paulo, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	59.97
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	35th (h)	400 m hurdles	59.21
2010	South American Under-23 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	400 m hurdles	59.76
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	10th (h)	400 m hurdles	60.96
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	13th (h)	400 m hurdles	60.39
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	400 m hurdles	58.63
	Pan American Junior Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	3rd	400 m hurdles	59.10
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	35th (h)	400 m hurdles	59.52
	South American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	400 m hurdles	60.60 A
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	60.72 A
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	22nd (h)	400 m	57.08
	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	8th	400 m hurdles	59.75
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.04
	South American U-23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	57.63
2013	South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	400 m hurdles	58.06
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	800 m	2:06.62
			1st	400 m hurdles	56.60
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	400 m hurdles	57.56
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	5th	400 m hurdles	58.35 A
	South American U23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	400 m	52.53
			1st	800 m	2:08.65
			1st	400 m hurdles	58.49
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:50.35
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	800 m	2:01.46
			1st	400 m hurdles	56.33
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	3rd	400 m hurdles	56.41
	World Championships	Beijing, China	21st (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.47
			34th (h)	800 m	2:02.46
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m hurdles	57.22
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	41st (h)	800 m	2:01.86
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	3rd	800 m	2:07.41
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	35th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.61
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	800 m	2:16.21
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	800 m	2:06.19
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	800 m	2:02.68
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	3rd	800 m	2:01.66
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	34th (h)	800 m	2:03.80
2020	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	800 m	2:14.14
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	800 m	2:03.38
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	19th (sf)	800 m	2:01.76
2022	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	800 m	2:18.23
	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	1st	800 m	2:02.53
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	36th (h)	800 m	2:03.04
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	800 m	2:08.14
2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	800 m	2:03.94
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	2nd	800 m	2:02.88
2024	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	3rd	800 m	2:03.32

References

1. "Deborah Rodriguez". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
2. Guía del atletismo en los Odesur - Mirá cuáles son los objetivos que perseguirán los uruguayos en Santiago 2014 (in Spanish), El Observador, archived from the original on April 15, 2014, retrieved April 15, 2014
3. "Déborah, una atleta modelo: Ejemplo como deportista, la atleta uruguaya exhibió la vestimenta que lucirá en el desfile inaugural" (in Spanish). July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
4. "El Rodríguez que empezó en la pista y terminó en una cancha de fútbol" (in Spanish). 2014-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
5. "Déborah Rodríguez debutará como modelo" (in Spanish). January 2, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved January 11, 2013.

External links

• Déborah Rodríguez at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Déborah Rodríguez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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