Marielys Rojas

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 †: Disqualified because of doping. ‡: Might be disqualified because of doping (to be verified).