What first did her Tokyo gold represent?

First Olympic gold for a Venezuelan woman

What helps Rojas in the triple jump?

Her long legs and height of about 1.92 meters

Yulimar Rojas Quiz: Triple Jump World Records

A jumper from Venezuela's Caribbean coast became her country's first female Olympic champion, and this Yulimar Rojas quiz follows her record-breaking leaps. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on her 15.67 meters in Tokyo, the 15.74 indoor record, Rio silver, four world titles, coach Iván Pedroso and the Achilles injury that kept her out of Paris.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country does Yulimar Rojas represent?
Event
In which event is Rojas a world record holder?
Tokyo
What distance did Rojas jump to win gold and set the world record in Tokyo?
Indoor
Where did she jump 15.74 meters in 2022?
Rio
Which medal did Rojas win at Rio 2016?
History
What first did her Tokyo gold represent?
Coach
Which former Cuban long jump champion coaches Rojas?
Worlds
How many outdoor world titles had Rojas won by 2023?
Injury
Why did Rojas miss the Paris 2024 Olympics?
Height
What helps Rojas in the triple jump?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country does Yulimar Rojas represent?
Answer: Venezuela
She grew up in Puerto La Cruz.
Q2: In which event is Rojas a world record holder?
Answer: Triple jump
The triple jump has a hop, step and jump.
Q3: What distance did Rojas jump to win gold and set the world record in Tokyo?
Answer: 15.67 meters
It broke a record that had stood since 1995.
Q4: Where did she jump 15.74 meters in 2022?
Answer: The World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
It became the new overall world record.
Q5: Which medal did Rojas win at Rio 2016?
Answer: Silver
Colombia's Caterine Ibargüen won gold.
Q6: What first did her Tokyo gold represent?
Answer: First Olympic gold for a Venezuelan woman
She became a national hero.
Q7: Which former Cuban long jump champion coaches Rojas?
Answer: Iván Pedroso
They train in Spain.
Q8: How many outdoor world titles had Rojas won by 2023?
Answer: Four
She won in 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
Q9: Why did Rojas miss the Paris 2024 Olympics?
Answer: An Achilles tendon injury
She was injured in 2024.
Q10: What helps Rojas in the triple jump?
Answer: Her long legs and height of about 1.92 meters
Long strides add distance to each phase.

Yulimar Rojas Quiz – Venezuela's Record Jumper

Yulimar Rojas, born in 1995, grew up in Puerto La Cruz on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. Coached by former Cuban long jump star Iván Pedroso, she became the world's best triple jumper.

Rojas won silver at Rio 2016 and gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where she jumped 15.67 meters to break a world record that had stood since 1995. She became the first Venezuelan woman to win Olympic gold.

In 2022 she improved the record to 15.74 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. She won outdoor world titles in 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023, but an Achilles injury kept her out of Paris 2024.

What This Quiz Teaches

Athletics fans will enjoy these questions.

Where Rojas comes from
Which records she set
What she won at the Olympics
Who coaches her
What setbacks she faced

Did You Know?

The triple jump requires a hop, a step and a jump.
Rojas also competes in the long jump.
Inessa Kravets held the old record from 1995.
She trains in Guadalajara, Spain.
Rojas is known for her joyful celebrations.