Mirtha Brock

Mirtha Brock Forbes (born 9 April 1970) is a Colombian retired track and field athlete, 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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