Carolina Alejandra Torres Guzmán (born March 16, 1979) is a

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er and former heptathlete. She won the silver medal at the

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, vaulting her personal best of 4.30 metres. She also competed at the

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Competition record

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Temuco Chilean female pole vaulters Chilean female hurdlers Chilean heptathletes Olympic female pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Chile Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Chile 21st-century Chilean women {{Chile-athletics-bio-stub