In 2020, Yulimar Rojas became the first Venezuelan to be World Athletic athlete of the year.
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Published at: 05/12/2024 09:19 AM
On December 5, 2020, the queen of triple jumping became the world's first Venezuelan Female Athletics Athletics Athletics (formerly IAAF).
“They left me shocked. I can't believe it (...) I really didn't expect this (...) I have no words. What happiness! What a joy!” , Rojas said at the time.
In 2020, he set the world record indoors (indoors) in triple jump with a mark of 15.43 meters. He led the outdoor season with a record of 14.71 meters.
Yulimar Rojas with this award is the third Latina in the history of world athletics to win Best Athletic Athletics-IAAF. After the Cuban Ana Fidela Quirot, in 1989 and the Colombian Catherine Ibarguen, in 2018.
On August 1, 2021, she became the first Venezuelan female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal and set a world record with 15.67 meters.
Just eight months after his Olympic gold, Rojas revalidated his title and broke his record in the World Indoor Championships with an impressive 15.74 meters mark. With this victory, the Venezuelan athlete became the first in history to win three consecutive triple jump titles in this Championship (2016, 2018 and 2022).
On August 25, 2023, she became the first four-time outdoor triple jump champion, with 15.08 meters in her last attempt, which she reached after registering three nulls.
Mazo News Team