Yulimar Rojas
Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez, born October 21, 1995, in Caracas, Venezuela, is a top Venezuelan track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump. She holds the women's world indoor record for the event and set the outdoor world record while winning Olympic gold in Tokyo. She is a four-time World Champion (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023) and a three-time World Indoor Champion (2016, 2018, 2022). She has also set Venezuelan records in both the triple jump and the long jump and has been highly ranked in the sport.
Rojas grew up in a poor area of Venezuela and moved to Guadalajara, Spain in 2015 to train with coach Iván Pedroso, later joining FC Barcelona Athletics in 2016. She won a silver medal in the triple jump at Rio 2016, becoming Venezuela’s first female Olympic medalist. Known as “la reina del triple salto” (queen of the triple jump), she is celebrated with murals and sports honors in her homeland.
In 2024, Rojas had Achilles surgery and announced she would miss the Paris Olympics. She is openly lesbian and an LGBT+ activist in Venezuela.
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