Mirtha Brock

Mirtha Brock
Personal information
Full nameMirtha Brock Forbes
Born (1970-04-09) April 9, 1970
San Andrés, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWomen's Athletics
Event(s)100m, 200m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata 4 x 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata 4 x 400 m
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Valencia 100 m
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Arequipa 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2001 Ambato 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1993 Cochabamba 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1997 Arequipa 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Arequipa 200 m
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Brock and the second or maternal family name is Forbes.

Mirtha Brock Forbes (born 9 April 1970) is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events during her career. She won two gold medals at the Bolivarian Games and twice represented Colombia at the Olympics.

Early life

Brock was born on 9 April 1970 on San Andrés, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia.[1]

Career

At the 1993 Bolivarian Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Brock won silver in the women's 100 m.[2]

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 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.[3]

At the 1995 Pan American Games, also held in Mar del Plata, Brock helped Colombia to bronze in both the women's 4 × 100 metres relay and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[4]

Brock made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States where she contested both the women's 100 m and the women's 4 x 100 metres relay.[1] 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.[5] 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.[6]

She made her final Olympic appearance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as part of the Colombian relay team for the women's 4 x 100 metres relay.[1] 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.[7]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Colombia
1993 Bolivarian Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd 100 m 12.03 A
1994 Ibero-American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 2nd 100m 11.78 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.87
1997 Bolivarian Games Arequipa, Perú 2nd 100 m 11.50 w (2.6 m/s) A
3rd 200 m 23.86 w (3.1 m/s) A
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.89 CR A
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 6th 100 m 11.73
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.39
2001 Bolivarian Games Ambato, Ecuador 1st 100 m 11.82 (-2.0 m/s) A
2002 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 5th 400 m 55.02
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.34

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mirtha Brock". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Bolivarian Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  3. ^ Mansilla, Ignacio (May 2010). "EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO" (PDF) (in Spanish) (4th ed.). Real Federación Española de Atletismo. pp. 131–140. ISBN 84-87704-77-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ^ "PAN-AMERICAN GAMES Mar del Plata, Argentina 1995" (PDF). Association of Track and Field Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  5. ^ "1996 Summer Olympics, 100 metres, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  6. ^ "1996 Summer Olympics, 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  7. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics, 4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
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