# Natalia Linares

Natalia Carolina Linares González (born 3 January 2003) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.

## Early life

The daughter of Yanelis Gonzales, Linares attended the Gimnasio del Norte school in Valledupar, Colombia. By 2023, she had moved to Santa Marta where she trains alongside Arnovis Dalmero under Martin Suarez. She studied at the University of Magdalena.

## Career

Linares won the silver medal in the South American Games in Asunción in 2022 and also win silver at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali in 2022. That year, she won the long jump at the 2022 Bolivarian Games, setting a new Colombian U23 (and U20) national record of 6.79 metres.
Linares won a gold medal in the long jump at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, setting a personal best distance of 6.86 meters. In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
She won a gold medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, jumping 6.66 metres.
She was selected for the women's long jump at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she finished in twelfth place. She ran as part of the Colombian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau. She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
| Representing Colombia ||||||
| 2019 | South American U20 Championships | Cali, Colombia | 7th | Long jump | 5.43 m |
| 2020 | South American Indoor Championships | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 60 m | 7.42 s NR |
| 2020 | South American Indoor Championships | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | 200 m | 24.19 s CR |
| 2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 4th | 100 m | 11.55 s |
| 2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.61 s |
| 2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 4th | Long jump | 6.33 m |
| 2021 | South American U20 Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 100 m | 11.68 s |
| 2021 | South American U20 Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.35 s |
| 2021 | South American U20 Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | Long jump | 6.14 m |
| 2021 | World U20 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 12th | Long jump | 5.66 m |
| 2021 | Junior Pan American Games (U23) | Cali, Colombia | 3rd | 100 m | 11.60 s |
| 2021 | Junior Pan American Games (U23) | Cali, Colombia | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.59 s AU23R |
| 2021 | Junior Pan American Games (U23) | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | Long jump | 6.27 m |
| 2022 | Bolivarian Games | Valledupar, Colombia | 1st | Long jump | 6.68 m GR, AU20R |
| 2022 | World U20 Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | Long jump | 6.59 m |
| 2022 | South American Games | Asunción Paraguay | 2nd | Long jump | 6.43 m |
| 2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Long jump | 6.86 m GR, AU23R |
| 2023 | South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 4th | 100 m | 11.43 s |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 25th (q) | Long jump | 6.38 m |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.79 s |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Long jump | 6.66 m |
| 2024 | South American Indoor Championships | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 3rd | Long jump | 6.32 m |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 12th | Long jump | 6.33 m |
| 2024 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 14th (r) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.92 s |
| 2024 | Ibero-American Championships | Cuiabá, Brazil | 1st | Long jump | 6.82 m |
| 2024 | Meeting de Paris | Paris, France | 6th | Long jump | 6.62 m |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 22nd (q) | Long jump | 6.40 m |
| 2025 | South American Indoor Championships | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | Long jump | 6.64 m CR, NR |