Marcos Herrera

Marcos Morley Herrera Pineda (born 30 June 1999) is an Ecuadorian sprint hurdler. He won the 60 metres hurdles in 7.57 seconds to set a new South American indoor record at the 2026 South American Indoor Championships.

Biography From Machala, but later based in Guayaquil,

Herrera won the bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2021 South American Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was the gold medalist at the 2021 South American U23 Championships in Guayaquil, running 14.10 seconds. Later that year, he also won the gold medal at the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, in 13.94 seconds.

In March 2023, he won the 110 metres hurdles at the Ecuadorian Sprint, Hurdles and Relay Championships, in Quito. The race happened to be on his mother's birthday and she was given the honour of awarding him his gold medal on the podium after the race. Herrera was a finalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, placing seventh overall.

Herrera won the bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 South American Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Herrera won the 60m hurdles in 7.57 to set a new South American indoor record at the 2026 South American Indoor Championships, in Bolivia. In March 2026, he was a semi-finalist over 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships. In May, he ran a new national record of 13.43 second to win the 110 metres hurdles at the 2026 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in Peru.