Carol Maul Sultán is Guatemalan, she was born on October 22, 1981, and lives in Guatemala City. She is an interior and garden decorator. Carol feels fortunate to have a family, which is not perfect, but together they form a great team: they accept, support, and above all love each other.
In 2015, after seven years of dedicating herself to the home, due to a personal crisis, this athlete decided to make a change in her life and got into the running rush and, while she thought she was going to become a marathon runner, someone motivated to start with athletics. That was her start in this sport. Despite the fact that she has been practicing this discipline for a short time, she has always been surrounded by wonderful people who have supported her, such as her family, friends, mentor and coach, team, the Master’s Association of Athletics of Guatemala and some sponsors. Carol says “I have the luck and great opportunity to train in an elite team of young athletes selected at national level. The first time I left the country to compete in a Central American athletics that hosted the Pan American Games, I came across great athletes and teams. I had no experience and no idea of the commitment I had acquired. It was there where, for the first time, I met who today is my mentor and coach”. What started for Carol as a recreational, and physical activity, quickly became the most significant challenge that life had presented her, to become the person she had always wanted to be. That’s how she fell in love with this discipline and all that this beautiful sport has brought to her life.
The benefits of practicing a sport has brought to Caro’s life are countless, as a woman, the most important has been to face herself, understand her complexity, accept and respect her body, to live and feel the strength and beauty of what she is capable of, to believe in herself and in those who believe in her. Besides, she is willing to learn and fight, day after day, to give the best of herself. Throughout the practice of athletics, Carol has thousands of experiences, she has managed to make many friends and has learned life lessons. This mother considers that this is her legacy for her daughters.
Carol’s goal is to learn as much as possible of this discipline, to continue practicing this sport at a professional and competitive level. On the other hand, his dream is to get all the support he can to boost the great athletic team to which he belongs (Olimpicus Guatemala) so that he continues to train young elite athletes and can represent his beautiful country, in international competitions.