Ronal Longa

Ronal Longa (born 30 June 2004) is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He is the Colombian U20 and U23 national record holder over 100 metres.

Biography Longa became only the fifth junior athlete to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres, and set a new national senior record time of 9.99 seconds to win the bronze medal at the South American Athletics Championships, in São Paulo in July 2023.

Longa competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships but suffered an injury in the 100 metres and did not qualify from his heat.

He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Selected for the inaugural Pan American Championships in Medellín, he won the 100 metres final, running a new personal best of 9.85 seconds on 26 June, finishing ahead of Canadian Eliezer Adjibi and Eloy Benitez of Puerto Rico.

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