ROJAS Yulimar

Date of Birth: 21 Oct 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: CARACAS

Birth Country:

Venezuela

Place of residence : GUADALAJARA

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Triple Jump	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Women's Triple Jump Final	15.67 m	1 August, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)
OR	Women's Triple Jump Final	15.67 m	1 August, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A	Women's Triple Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A	Women's Triple Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (14.98)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (15.37)
2017	London, GBR	1st (14.91)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2019	Lima, PER	1st (15.11)

South American Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2017	Luque, PAR	2nd (14.36)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Triple Jump
2021	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2020	1 x 1st
2019	2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd
2017	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	Triple Jump	Doha, QAT	15.15
1	2020	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	14.27
1	2019	Triple Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	15.05
1	2019	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	14.98
1	2017	Triple Jump	Rome, ITA	14.84
2	2021	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	15.12
2	2019	Triple Jump	Zurich, SUI	14.74
2	2019	Triple Jump	Lausanne, SUI	14.82
2	2017	Triple Jump	Zurich, SUI	14.52
2	2017	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	14.83

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	1st (14.63)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Video games, movies, going to the beach. (eldiario.com, 10 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

FC Barcelona [Spain]

Ivan Pedroso [personal], CUB, from 2015

Other sports:

She competed in high jump and long jump at the 2013 South American Championships in Cartagena, Colombia. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 May 2016)

She was affected by injuries to her foot and her ankle for most of 2018. She returned to competition in February 2019. (iaaf.org, 02 Feb 2019)

She took up the sport at age 13 in Anzoategui, Venezuela. (abc.es, 12 Oct 2019)

She wanted to play volleyball at her local sports centre in Anzoategui, Venezuela, but there was not a team there. However, the athletics coach Jesus Velasquez noticed her and persuaded her to get involved in track and field instead. She tried high jump, 100m hurdles, and long jump, until she and her coach discovered she had an edge in triple jump. (elpais.com, 18 Aug 2020; abc.es, 12 Oct 2019; runrun.es, 19 Mar 2016)

To win gold in triple jump at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to become the first female triple jumper to reach 16 metres. (mundodeportivo.com, 08 Dec 2020; fcbarcelona.es, 05 Oct 2019)

Jumping 15m 41cm in September 2019 in Andujar, Spain. "This is the highest of the top moments in my life. More important than the Olympic medal." (as.com, 24 Sep 2019; Twitter profile, 07 Sep 2019)

Coach Ivan Pedroso. (mundodeportivo.com, 08 Dec 2020)

Philosophy:

"All my achievements are for Venezuela. It has been hard but not impossible. If I had focused on difficulties I wouldn't be world champion. I do my best because I want to leave my footprint. I want people to know that we can all achieve everything we are committed to." (eldiario.com, 10 Apr 2020)

In 2020 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by World Athletics. (bbc.com, 05 Dec 2020)

In 2017 and 2019 she was named Best Female Sportswoman of Latin America and the Caribbean. (prensa-latina.cu, 19 Dec 2019; liderendeportes.com, 19 Dec 2019)

She received the General Chief Jose Felix Ribas Order in recognition of the gold medal she won at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, OR, United States of America. (el-nacional.com, 23 Mar 2016)

She was flag bearer for Venezuela at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. (runrun.es, 19 Mar 2016)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO SPAIN
In 2015 she relocated to Madrid, Spain, in order to work with Cuban jump coach Ivan Pedroso. The pair initially made contact over social media. "Facebook suggested him to be my friend. I immediately wrote to him and said that I admired him and wanted to train with him. And to my surprise he told me that he had been following my career because he thought I had a lot of talent. At first it was more like a dream but then I felt the reality because everything was harder." (runrun.es, 19 Mar 2016)

Milestones

She became the first female competitor representing Venezuela to finish on the podium at the Olympic Games by winning silver at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2020; ONS, 15 Aug 2016; runrun.es, 19 Mar 2016)

She became the first Venezuelan competitor to win a gold medal in athletics at an outdoor world championships by claiming victory in triple jump at the 2017 edition of the tournament in London, England. A year earlier she had become the first competitor from Venezuela to win a gold medal in athletics at a senior world championships when she triumphed in triple jump in the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, OR, United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2020; telesurtv.net, 27 Aug 2017; pabellonconarepa.com, 07 Aug 2017)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
OR:: Olympic Record
WR:: World Record

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