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Yulimar Rojas - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Yulimar Rojas net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! A well-known Olympic athlete, she is known for her performances in triple jump, long jump and high jump. She won the 2017 World Championships in Athletics gold medal. In this article, we will discover how old is Yulimar Rojas? Who is Yulimar Rojas dating now & how much money does Yulimar Rojas have?

NameYulimar Rojas
First NameYulimar
Last NameRojas
OccupationTriple Jumper
BirthdayOctober 21
Birth Year1995
Place of BirthCaracas
Home TownCapital District
Birth CountryVenezuela
Birth SignLibra
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FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)Not Available

Yulimar Rojas Biography

Yulimar Rojas is one of the most popular and richest Triple Jumper who was born on October 21, 1995 in Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela. She and Inessa Krvets both competed in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

Born in Caracas and brought up in Anzoátegui, she had her first success at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, where she won the high jump. She was defeated by younger opposition at the South American Youth Championships in 2012, managing only fourth. She performed better in higher level competition that year, jumping 1.75 m (5 ft 8 ⁄4 in) to take sixth at the Ibero-American Championships and claiming the bronze medal at the South American Under-23 Championships.

In the 2013 season she improved her personal best to 1.87 m (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in) with a jump in Barquisimeto, which was a South American junior record. Two international silver medals came that year at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships (losing to Daniellys Garay on countback) and the Bolivarian Games, where she was second to Kashani Ríos. She also competed in the long jump at the latter event, placing sixth. Improving in her new event, she had a best of 6.23 m (20 ft 5 ⁄4 in) in long jump that year.

Yulexcis Rodriguez is her daughter.

She set her personal record in triple jumping, reaching 15.02 m.

Yulimar Andrea Rojas Rodríguez (also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan athlete. She is the Olympic silver medallist (2016 Rio de Janeiro), two time World Champion (2017 London and 2019 Doha) and two time World Indoor Championship (2016 Portland and 2018 Birmingham) in Triple jump. Her personal best 15.43 meters, the indoor world record.

Yulimar Rojas Net Worth

Yulimar is one of the richest Triple Jumper from Venezuela. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yulimar Rojas's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

She won the high jump at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics 2011.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeTriple Jumper
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Rojas won the silver medal in triple jump at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games with a 14.98 m, to be placed behind the Colombian Caterine Ibargüen, who took the gold after a jump on the 15.17 m, with which she broke her personal record. On 7 August 2017 she won her first World Championship in the open air, winning in an epic duel to Ibargüen, a world champion and current Olympic champion, becoming the first Venezuelan athlete of the history in obtaining a gold medal in those contest. In her fifth attempt, Rojas jumped to 14.91 m, only 2 centimeters above the Colombian, who in her last two jumps was unable to pass this mark, conforming to the silver medal and losing the opportunity to win her third consecutive gold medal after those achieved in Moscow 2013 and Beijing 2015.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Rojas established herself as her country’s best ever jumper at the 2015 Venezuelan Championships, setting national records of 6.57 m (21 ft 6 ⁄2 in) and 14.17 m (46 ft 5 ⁄4 in) to win the long and triple jump events. At age nineteen, she won the continental triple jump title at the 2015 South American Championships in Athletics, winning gold on her debut at the competition.

Who is Yulimar Rojas Dating?

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Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Yulimar Rojas height 6 ft 4 in Yulimar weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height6 ft 4 in
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Rojas expanded her oeuvre in 2014 and began regularly competing in both horizontal and vertical jump events. Starting with the South American Games in March, she claimed her first senior gold medal in the high jump, holding off Kashani Ríos. An appearance in the horizontal jumps followed at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she came eleventh in the long jump and 17th overall in the triple jump. The Pan American Sports Festival brought her her first gold medal in the long jump, as she defeated Irisdaymi Herrera of Cuba. In recognition, she was chosen to lead the returning delegation back to Venezuela and was given the national flag by Tony Álvarez, the Minister of Youth and Sports. A long jump/triple jump double followed at 2014 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, which included a championship record of 6.36 m (20 ft 10 ⁄4 in) in the former event. At senior level, she narrow missed out on medals in both those disciplines at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, placing fourth twice.

Facts & Trivia

Yulimar Ranked on the list of most popular Triple Jumper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Venezuela. Yulimar Rojas celebrates birthday on October 21 of every year.

How old is Yulimar Rojas?

26 years (October 21, 1995)

How tall is Rojas long jump?

The Olympic champion soared out to 15.74 metres on her sixth and final effort in Belgrade, smashing the previous world indoor best of 15.43 she set in Madrid in February 2020. Rojas also holds the outdoor world record, 15.67m, which she set when winning gold in Tokyo last summer.

What event did Yulimar Rojas break the world record?

Rojas broke the world record outdoors last summer to claim the 2020 Olympic title in Tokyo and now she has extended her own record indoors with the previous best of 15.43m coming in Madrid in 2020. “I am delighted to win my third world indoor title and with a world record as well.

What is Yulimar Rojas personality?

Yulimar Rojas: A strong personality “Yulimar Rojas is brave, joyful, and a committed person. I’m always giving my best. And, above all, I’m a warrior.” She also encourages others to follow her example.

How tall is Rojas triple jump?

6′ 4″

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