# Mirtha Brock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mirtha_Brock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mirtha_Brock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirtha_Brock > Source revision: 1351876633 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Colombian sprinter (born 1970)}} {{Infobox athlete | headercolor = | name = Mirtha Brock | image = | caption = | full_name = Mirtha Brock Forbes | nationality = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|4|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [San Andrés](/source/San_Andr%C3%A9s_(island)), Colombia | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = {{flagcountry|Colombia}} | sport = Women's [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport)) | event = 100m, 200m | club = | team = | turnedpro = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | updated = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [athletics](/source/athletics_(sport))}} {{MedalCountry | {{COL}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}} {{MedalBronze| [1995 Mar del Plata](/source/1995_Pan_American_Games) | [4 x 100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1995_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)}} {{MedalBronze| [1995 Mar del Plata](/source/1995_Pan_American_Games) | [4 x 400 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1995_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)}} {{MedalCompetition|[South American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_South_American_Games)}} {{MedalBronze |[1994 Valencia](/source/1994_South_American_Games) | [100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_South_American_Games)}} {{MedalCompetition|[Bolivarian Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_Bolivarian_Games)}} {{MedalGold |[1997 Arequipa](/source/1997_Bolivarian_Games) | [4x100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1997_Bolivarian_Games)}} {{MedalGold |[2001 Ambato](/source/2001_Bolivarian_Games) | [100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2001_Bolivarian_Games)}} {{MedalSilver |[1993 Cochabamba](/source/1993_Bolivarian_Games) | [100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1993_Bolivarian_Games)}} {{MedalSilver |[1997 Arequipa](/source/1997_Bolivarian_Games) | [100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1997_Bolivarian_Games)}} {{MedalBronze |[1997 Arequipa](/source/1997_Bolivarian_Games) | [200 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1997_Bolivarian_Games)}} | show-medals = }} {{family name hatnote|Brock|Forbes|lang=Spanish}} '''Mirtha Brock Forbes''' (born 9 April 1970) is a [Colombia](/source/Colombia)n retired [track and field](/source/track_and_field) [athlete](/source/Athletics_(sport)), who competed in the [sprint](/source/Sprint_(running)) events during her career. She won two gold medals at the [Bolivarian Games](/source/Bolivarian_Games) and twice represented Colombia at the Olympics. ==Early life== Brock was born on 9 April 1970 on [San Andrés](/source/San_Andr%C3%A9s_(island)), [Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina](/source/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s%2C_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina), Colombia.{{cite web |title=Mirtha Brock |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66635 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=14 July 2025}} ==Career== At the [1993 Bolivarian Games](/source/1993_Bolivarian_Games) in [Cochabamba](/source/Cochabamba), Bolivia, Brock won silver in the women's 100 m.{{cite web |title=Bolivarian Games |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bolg.htm |publisher=Athletics Weekly |access-date=14 July 2025}} She followed that up with a silver in the women's 100 m and a gold in the women's 4 x 100 m relay at the [1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics](/source/1994_Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Mar del Plata](/source/Mar_del_Plata), Argentina.{{cite web |last=Mansilla |first=Ignacio |title=EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO |url=http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf |pages=131–140 |publisher=Real Federación Española de Atletismo |language=es |isbn=84-87704-77-8 |publication-date=May 2010 |edition=4th |accessdate=14 March 2015 |archive-date=23 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123081158/http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf |url-status=dead}} At the [1995 Pan American Games](/source/1995_Pan_American_Games), also held in Mar del Plata, Brock helped Colombia to bronze in both the [women's 4 × 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1995_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) and the [women's 4 × 400 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1995_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay).{{cite web |title=PAN-AMERICAN GAMES Mar del Plata, Argentina 1995 |url=https://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1995.pdf |publisher=Association of Track and Field Statisticians |access-date=14 July 2025}} Brock made her Olympic debut at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), United States where she contested both the [women's 100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) and the [women's 4 x 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_100_metres_relay). She was eliminated in the heats of the women's 100 m after finishing seventh in her heat in a time of 11.83 seconds.{{cite web |title=1996 Summer Olympics, 100 metres, Women |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/65030 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=14 July 2025}} Team Colombia narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay after finished fourth in their heat in a time of 44.16 seconds.{{cite web |title=1996 Summer Olympics, 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/65143 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=14 July 2025}} She made her final Olympic appearance at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia as part of the Colombian relay team for the [women's 4 x 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_100_metres_relay). Colombia progressed from the heats to the semi-finals but finished eighth in their semi-final in a time of 44.37 seconds and did not advance to the final.{{cite web |title=2000 Summer Olympics, 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/65800 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=14 July 2025}} ==Achievements== {|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{COL}} |- |1993 |[Bolivarian Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1993_Bolivarian_Games) |[Cochabamba](/source/Cochabamba), Bolivia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100 m |12.03 '''A''' |- |rowspan=2|1994 |rowspan=2|[Ibero-American Championships](/source/1994_Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[Mar del Plata](/source/Mar_del_Plata), Argentina |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100m |[11.78](/source/1994_Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results) (wind: +1.6 m/s) |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |[44.87](/source/1994_Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |rowspan = "3"|1997 |rowspan = "3"|[Bolivarian Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1997_Bolivarian_Games) |rowspan = "3"|[Arequipa](/source/Arequipa), Peru |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100 m |11.50 '''w''' (2.6 m/s) '''A''' |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |200 m |23.86 '''w''' (3.1 m/s) '''A''' |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |43.89 '''CR''' '''A''' |- |rowspan=2|1998 |rowspan=2|[Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) |rowspan=2|[Maracaibo](/source/Maracaibo), Venezuela |6th |100 m |[11.73](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |[44.39](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |2001 |[Bolivarian Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2001_Bolivarian_Games) |[Ambato](/source/Ambato%2C_Ecuador), Ecuador |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |11.82 (-2.0 m/s) '''A''' |- |rowspan=2|2002 |rowspan=2|[Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) |rowspan=2|[San Salvador](/source/San_Salvador), El Salvador |5th |400 m |[55.02](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |[45.34](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results) |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{SR/Olympics profile|br/mirtha-brock-1}} *{{World Athletics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brock, Mirtha}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Colombian women sprinters Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Olympic athletes for Colombia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Category:Pan American Games athletes for Colombia Category:South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Category:South American Games medalists in athletics Category:Competitors at the 1994 South American Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Category:Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Category:Olympic women sprinters Category:People from the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Category:20th-century Colombian sportswomen Category:21st-century Colombian sportswomen Category:Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia Category:Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics Category:Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Colombia Category:Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Colombia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mirtha Brock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirtha_Brock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirtha_Brock?action=history)). 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