In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Yulimar Rojas
Rojas in 2019
Personal information
Nationality
Venezuelan
Born
(1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 28) Caracas, Venezuela
Height
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight
72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country
Venezuela
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Triple jump, long jump
Team
FC Barcelona Athletics
Coached by
Iván Pedroso
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (2023)[1]
Personal bests
Outdoor
Triple jump: 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) WR (Tokyo 2021)
Long jump: 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) w (La Nucia 2021) 6.88 m (22 ft 6+3⁄4 in) NR (La Nucia 2021)
Indoor
Triple jump: 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in) i WR (Belgrade 2022)
Long jump: 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in) i NR (Liévin 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Venezuela
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Triple jump
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Triple jump
World Championships
2017 London
Triple jump
2019 Doha
Triple jump
2022 Eugene
Triple jump
2023 Budapest
Triple jump
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland
Triple jump
2018 Birmingham
Triple jump
2022 Belgrade
Triple jump
Diamond League
2021
Triple jump
2022
Triple jump
2023
Triple jump
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
Triple jump
South American Games
2014 Santiago
High jump
South American Championships
2015 Lima
Triple jump
2017 Asunción
Triple jump
Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez (also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan athlete who holds the world record for women's triple jump, at 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in). She is the current Olympic champion, a four-time World Champion (2017 London, 2019 Doha, 2022 Eugene and 2023 Budapest), and three-time World Indoor Champion (2016 Portland, 2018 Birmingham and 2022 Belgrade); she is nicknamed la reina del triple salto – queen of the triple jump.[2] Since 2014 she has held, and continued to beat, Venezuelan national records in triple jump and long jump. She is a recipient of the Venezuelan Order of José Félix Ribas – First Class.
Raised in a deprived area of Venezuela, Rojas was successful in other sports as a teenager but struggled to practice due to lack of resources. Encouraged to move into athletics, she excelled in high jump and sprinting before developing an affinity for the triple jump. She moved to Guadalajara, Spain, in 2015 to continue her athletics training under coach Iván Pedroso, and became dominant in the event. After several years specialising only in the triple jump, she began seriously competing in the long jump again in 2021.
^"World Rankings | Women's Triple Jump".
^"Yulimar Rojas gana medalla de oro y bate récord mundial". CNN (in Spanish). 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
YulimarRojas Rodríguez (also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan athlete who holds the world record for women's triple jump...
with a jump of 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in). The female world record holder is YulimarRojas of Venezuela, with a jump of 15.74 m (51 ft 7+1⁄2 in). Historical sources...
The other athletes to achieve the feat were Venezuela's triple jumper YulimarRojas, Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, and Norwegian hurdler Karsten...
Kenny Harrison in 1996, and 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) for women, set by YulimarRojas in 2021. The men's triple jump world record was broken at the competition...
bronze) being the most successful sport. The most successful Olympian is YulimarRojas, Venezuela's only multi-medalist in a regular Games, with one gold and...
my sport is". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-27. "YulimarRojas smashes world triple jump record in Tokyo". Athletics Weekly. 2021-08-01...
Retrieved 23 September 2021. Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Archived from the original...
Heike Drechsler (GER) 21 July 1992 Sestriere 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) +2.7 YulimarRojas (VEN) 13 June 2021 La Nucia 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) +2.8 Tara Davis (USA)...
Championships and the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. YulimarRojas, athlete and first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 2020 Summer...
2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022. "Rojas obtiene el oro faltante en Centroamericanos, con récord de los Juegos" [Rojas gets missing gold in Central Americans...
Allman (USA) 69.04 m MR Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) 65.09 m SB 5 Oslo - YulimarRojas (VEN) 14.91 m - - Sarah Mitton (CAN) 19.54 m Jorinde van Klinken (NED)...
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Venezuela's best performance in its participation history. Triple jumper YulimarRojas broke the women's world record with a 15.67 m (51 ft 4+3⁄4 in) jump...
Look up Rojas or rojas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America...
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