Gilmar Mayo

Gilmar Mayo

Personal information
Full name	Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano
Nationality	Colombian
Born	(1969-09-30) September 30, 1969 Pailitas, Cesar, Colombia
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Men's athletics
Medal record South American Games 1994 Valencia High jump 1998 Cuenca Triple jump 1998 Cuenca High jump 1998 Cuenca Long jump Bolivarian Games 1993 Cochabamba High jump 2001 Ambato High jump 2005 Armenia High jump

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

Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano (born 30 September 1969) is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in), achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian and South American record. Mayo represented Colombia twice at the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000) and three times at the World Championships in Athletics (1995, 1997 and 1999).

Mayo was the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the high jump and competed at the Pan American Games in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2007, which included a bronze on his second appearance at the competition. He was a four-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1991, 1995, 1997, 2005) and a three-time gold medallist at the South American Games – this includes the 1998 South American Games where he also won the triple jump title and the long jump silver medal. His mark of 2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) at the 1994 South American Games is the current Games record. He was a frequent participant at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and was the gold medallist there in 2000 and 2002.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Colombia
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	High jump	2.20 m CR
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	11th	High jump	2.10 m
1993	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	High jump	2.20 m A
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	4th	High jump	2.13 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	4th	High jump	2.14 m
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	High jump	2.32 m
	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	1st	High jump	2.25 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	10th	High jump	2.24 m
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	High jump	2.26 m
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	High jump	2.25 m CR
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th (q)	High jump	2.24 m
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	High jump	2.23 m
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	21st (q)	High jump	2.26 m
1997	South American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	High jump	2.26 m CR
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	High jump	2.25 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	High jump	2.29 m
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	High jump	2.18 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	High jump	2.30 m
	South American Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	4 × 100 m	47.42 s A
			1st	High jump	2.24 m A
			2nd	Long jump	7.29 m
			1st	Triple jump	15.78 m A
1999	South American Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	2nd	High jump	2.26 m A =CR
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	5th	High jump	2.20 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	19th (q)	High jump	2.23 m
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	High jump	2.24 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	23rd (q)	High jump	2.20 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	11th	High jump	2.20 m
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	High jump	2.23 m A
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	High jump	2.26 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	High jump	2.15 m
2005	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	High jump	2.22 m
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	High jump	2.26 m GR A
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	High jump	2.20 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	High jump	2.19 m
	South American Championships	Tunja, Colombia	2nd	High jump	2.20 m
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th	High jump	2.10 m
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	High jump	2.21 m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	5th	High jump	2.15 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	High jump	2.10 m

References

• Gilmar Mayo at World Athletics