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Lina Licona
Personal information
Full name	Lina Esther Licona
Born	1 October 1998 (age 26); Montería, Colombia
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	100 metres; 200 metres; 400 metres; 4×100 metres; 4×400 metres; Mixed relay;
Coached by	Mauricio Hernández
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 metres: 11.50 (2023); 200 metres: 22.70 NR (2024); 400 metres: 50.83 (2024); 4×100 metres: 44.16 (2023); 4×400 metres: 3:31.16 (2023); Mixed relay: 3:14.48 AR (2024);
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Women's athletics
Ibero-American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
South American Championships
South American U23 Championships

Lina Esther Licona Torres (born 1 October 1998) is a Colombian sprinter. In 2024, she became national champion in the 400 metres.^[1]

Early and personal life

From Boca de La Ceiba, near Montería in the Córdoba Department. Licona moved to Bogotá with her family in 2004. She attended high school at the Instituto Tecnisistemas. She was a speed skater prior to focusing on athletics when she was 16 years-old. She has a son, Eliam, born February 15, 2017. She suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon in 2020 that left her close to retirement.^[2]^[3]

Career

She won a silver medal in the individual 400 metres at the 2019 South American Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru.^[4] She won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the championships.^[5]

She won gold in the womwn's 4x400m relay and bronze in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.^[6]^[7]

She won double gold at the 2023 South American Athletics Championships in São Paulo, in the women’s 4x400m relay and the mixed 4x400m relay, in a South American record time.^[8]^[9]

She ran as part of the Colombian mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau.^[10] She won the International Grand Prix 400m race in Cuiabá, Brazil in May 2024, running a season best time of 52.28 seconds.^[11]

On June 20, 2024 Licona secured automatic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by winning the 400 metres at the Richard Boroto International Grand Prix in Quito, Ecuador in a time of 50.83 seconds.^[12] The following week, she won the Colombian Athletics Championships 400 metres race in a time of 51.68 seconds.^[13] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.^[14]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
Representing Colombia
2018	South American U23 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.50 CR
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	400 m	53.18 s
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.81
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	11th	400 m	53.53 s
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.02
2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.30 GR
2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	3rd	Mixed relay	3:22.87
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	8th	200 m	23.69 s
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.16
			3rd	Mixed relay	3:20.36
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.39
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	Mixed relay	3:14.79 AR, CR
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	—	200 m	DQ
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.79 s
			6th	Mixed relay	3:23.17
2024	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	19th (r)	Mixed relay	3:21.29
	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	5th	200 m	23.45 s
	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.20
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	19th (r)	400 m	51.90 s