Solange Marilú Witteveen (born 6 February 1976) is a retired Argentine high jumper. She won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. She also represented Argentina at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Career Witteveen was born in Buenos Aires. Her personal best jump is 1.96 metres, achieved in September 1997 in Oristano. This is the current South American record.
Among her achievements, Witteveen won the 1997 South American Championships, the 1998 South American Games and the 1999 Pan American Games, as well as winning a bronze medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade. In both of her appearances at the Olympic Games, she cleared 1.89 m, finishing 20th overall in 2000 and 23rd in 2004.
In 2001, at the South American Championships, she jumped 1.97 metres which would be the new South American record. She, however, failed a doping test for a banned substance and was disqualified from competition for two years.
Competition record Representing 1992South American Youth ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile 2ndHigh jump1.70 m1993South American Junior ChampionshipsPuerto La Cruz, Venezuela 1stHigh jump1.75 m1994Ibero-American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina5thHigh jump1.65 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina 2ndHigh jump1.76 m1995Pan American GamesMar del Plata, Argentina7thHigh jump1.75 mPan American Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile 2ndLong jump5.67 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile 2ndHigh jump1.74 m1996Ibero-American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia6thHigh jump1.80 m1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France21st (q)High jump1.80 mSouth American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina 1stHigh jump1.89 mWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece16th (q)High jump1.92 mUniversiadeCatania, Italy6thHigh jump1.91 m1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 2ndHigh jump1.83 mSouth American GamesCuenca, Ecuador1stHigh jump1.75 m A1999South American ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia –High jumpNMUniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain 3rdHigh jump1.93 mPan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada 1stHigh jump1.88 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain30th (q)High jump1.85 m2000Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil 1stHigh jump1.87 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia20th (q)High jump1.89 m2001South American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil –4 × 100 m relayDQ –High jumpDQ2003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic7thHigh jump1.80 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France18th (q)High jump1.85 m2004Ibero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain5thHigh jump1.86 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece23rd (q)High jump1.89 m2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia 2ndHigh jump1.88 m2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico4thHigh jump1.81 mSouth American ChampionshipsTunja, Colombia5th100 m hurdles14.79 s4th4 × 400 m relay4:00.98 min 2ndHigh jump1.82 m2007South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil 2ndHigh jump1.81 mPan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8thHigh jump1.81 m2008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile 3rdHigh jump1.83 m4thTriple jump12.39 m2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru 2ndHigh jump1.85 m6thTriple jump12.53 m
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres hurdles – 14.62 (+1.5 m/s) (Buenos Aires 2006) High jump – 1.96 (Oristano 1997) Long jump – 6.27 (+0.3 m/s) (Montevideo 1999) Triple jump – 12.43 (+1.3 m/s) (Buenos Aires 2006) Indoor High jump – 1.94 (Brno 2000)
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