Mariana Pajón

Mariana Pajón
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Pajón in 2013
Personal information
Full nameMariana Pajón Londoño
Nickname"Tata", "Queen of BMX"
Born (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 30)
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Team information
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's BMX
Representing  Colombia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 0
World Championships 6 0 4
World Junior Championships 3 0 0
World Cup Stage 12 6 5
World Cup Final Season 3 2 1
Pan American Games 2 0 0
CAC Games 2 0 0
South American Games 4 0 0
Bolivarian Games 5 0 0
Total 39 9 10
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Women's BMX
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's BMX
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Women's BMX
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Pietermaritzburg Elite Women Cruiser
Gold medal – first place 2011 Copenhagen Elite Women
Gold medal – first place 2013 Auckland Elite Women's Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2014 Rotterdam Elite Women
Gold medal – first place 2015 Zolder Elite Women's Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2016 Medellín Elite Women
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Copenhagen Elite Women's Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Rotterdam Elite Women's Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Medellín Elite Women's Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rock Hill Elite Women
Supercross World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Elite Women
Gold medal – first place 2015 Elite Women
Gold medal – first place 2021 Elite Women
Silver medal – second place 2014 Elite Women
Silver medal – second place 2017 Elite Women
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Elite Women
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Taiyuan Junior Women Cruiser
Gold medal – first place 2009 Adelaide Junior Women Cruiser
Gold medal – first place 2009 Adelaide Junior Women
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gualadajara Women's BMX
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's BMX

Mariana Pajón Londoño ODB (born 10 October 1991) is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion.

She won her first national title at age of 5 and her first world title at 9. Overall, she is the winner of 14 world championships, 2 national championships in the United States, 9 Latin American Championships and 10 Pan American championships. She also won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on 10 August 2012, as well as in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. She is the first Colombian to win two Olympic gold medals. Pajón's achievements in BMX have earned her the nickname "Queen of BMX".

She was selected to be the flag-bearer for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Opening Ceremony.

BMX Olympic champion

London 2012

After being the flag-bearer for Colombia during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pajón's first participation in the BMX event resulted in the first gold medal for Colombia during the 2012 games and the second overall in Colombia's participation in the Olympics.

After achieving a splendid 1st position in all three runs of the Semifinals, Pajón won with a time of 37.706 seconds during the final.

Rio 2016

Mariana Pajón won Olympic Gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics

In the 2016 Olympic Games Pajón defended her title and won her second Olympic gold medal and fifth overall for Colombia. With this victory, Pajón became the first Colombian athlete to win two gold medals.

Tokyo 2020

In the 2020 Summer Olympics Pajón won silver.

Personal life

Mariana Pajón Londoño was born in Medellín, Colombia, on October 10, 1991, daughter of Carlos Mario Pajón and Claudia Londoño, who were also athletes in their youth (her father practiced motoring and her mother riding). She studied at the Sacred Heart Montemayor Catholic school in Rionegro, near to Medellín.

Mariana learned to ride a bicycle when she was three years old. When she was four she began to perform her first training on the track, and had her first race, in which she competed against children of five and six years-of-age since there was no suitable category.

She was invited to the Youth Camp held during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On June 1, 2008, Mariana won the UCI BMX World Championship 2008, held in Taiyuan, China, in Junior Women's Cruiser category. On the international tracks, the nickname of the atomic ant was won by its particular way of running, with explosion, rudeness and aggressiveness.

Pajón married fellow BMX rider Vincent Pelluard on December 16, 2017 after dating for 4 years. Pelluard acquired Colombian citizenship through his marriage with Pajón and now represents Colombia on the international scene.

Awards

Olympics

  • London 2012
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Olympic gold medal, Women's BMX
  • Rio de Janeiro 2016
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Olympic gold medal, Women's BMX (First Colombian to achieve 2 gold medals at the Olympic Games)
  • Tokyo 2020
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olympic silver medal, Women's BMX

Pan American Games

World Championships


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