Yulimar Del Valle Rojas Rodríguez ( Spanish: Yulimar Del Valle Rojas Rodríguez , born October 21, 1995 in Caracas , Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specializes in triple jumping , and also has international success in high jump and long jump. Silver medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games in triple jump with a score of 14.98 m. This medal was the first for Venezuela in women's athletics at the Olympic Games [2] . 2017 world champion in the open air and two-time world champion (2016 and 2018) indoors in the triple jump, South American champion of 2015 in the triple jump. Winner of the 2014 South American High Jump Games.
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| Full name | Yulimar Del Valle Rojas Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | October 21, 1995 (23 years old) Caracas [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | Ivan Pedroso | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 187 cm (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 6.57 m (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Triple | 15.41 m (NR , 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography and career
He currently lives in Madrid, where he trains under the guidance of a former long-distance jumper Ivan Pedroso. Her younger sister Yerilda Zapata is also a track and field athlete, a discus thrower [3] .
Yulimar is the holder of the Venezuelan record in the triple jump - 15.02 m and the former record holder in the long jump - 6.57 m [4] . In 2017, Johanmi Luke took the country’s long jump record from Rojas, surpassing the previous achievement by 1 cm. In the high jump, Rojas personal record (187 cm) is only 3 cm behind the country record set in 2008 by Marirlis Rojas.
Rojas does not hide his homosexual orientation, meets a girl.
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Links
- Yulimar Rojas - profile on IAAF website