Marielys Rojas (or Marierlis Rojas, born April 30, 1986) is a Venezuelan athlete specializing in the high jump. Her personal best in the event is 1.90 meters achieved in 2008 in Ponce. This is the current national record.
Doping On 27 October 2011, she was tested positive for the abuse of Norandrosterone. As a consequence, she was stripped of her silver medal obtained in the high jump, event at the Pan American Games and declared to be ineligible to compete for two years until 21 November 2013. Another source reports here disqualification as early as 16 July 2011 due to IAAF Rule 32.2.a.
Personal bests High jump: 1.90 m – Ponce, 29 March 2008 Triple jump: 12.59 m (wind: +1.6 m/s) – Barquisimeto, 26 June 2004
Competition record Representing 2002Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)Bridgetown, Barbados1stHigh jump1.71 mSouth American Junior Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBelém, Brazil2ndHigh jump1.71 mSouth American Youth ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay3rdHigh jump1.66 m3rdTriple jump11.90 m w2003South American Junior ChampionshipsGuayaquil, Ecuador3rdHigh jump1.77 m2004South American Under-23 ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela5thTriple jump12.59 m (wind: +1.6 m/s)2005South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rdHigh jump1.79 mBolivarian GamesArmenia, Colombia2ndHigh jump1.80 mSouth American Junior ChampionshipsRosario, Argentina1stHigh jump1.76 m2006Ibero-American ChampionshipsPonce, Puerto Rico3rdHigh jump1.84 mCentral American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia5thHigh jump1.82 mSouth American U23 Championships /<br/ > South American GamesBuenos Aires, Argentina1stHigh jump1.87 m (NR)2007ALBA GamesCaracas, Venezuela2ndHigh jump1.82 mSouth American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil3rdHigh jump1.78 m2008Ibero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile5thHigh jump1.75 mCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rdHigh jump1.79 m2011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1stHigh jump1.80 mCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico2ndHigh jump1.82 m‡World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea25th (q)High jump1.85 m‡Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico –High jumpDQ† †: Disqualified because of doping. ‡: Might be disqualified because of doping (to be verified).
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