Natalia Linares
Natalia Carolina Linares González is a Colombian track and field athlete and South American record holder in the long jump, set winning the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. 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 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 relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau. She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She won the bronze medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany. In September 2025, she won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, setting a new South American record of 6.92 metres.