Aguelmis Rojas
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Full name | Aguelmis Rojas de Armas | |||||||||||||
Born | March 28, 1978 | (age 43)|||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
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Aguelmis Rojas de Armas also Aquelmis Rojas (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɣelmis ˈroxas]; born March 28, 1978) is a male long-distance runner from Cuba. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he finished in 47th place in the men's marathon event, clocking 2:21.59. Rojas set his personal best (2:14.15) in the marathon on April 18, 2004, in Havana.
A Cuban exile since March 2009, he was nationalized Uruguayan in August 2014 and is competing for Uruguay since late 2014.
Biography[]
He finished fourth in the men's marathon at the 2003 Pan American Games. At the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, he set the Cuban record of 1:03:48 for the half marathon, although he finished in 55th place. Aside from road competitions, he occasionally runs on the track and was the winner of the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
2001 | World Half Marathon Championships | Bristol, United Kingdom | 52nd | Half marathon | 1:04:13 hrs |
2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | Marathon | 2:23:18 hrs |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 47th | Marathon | 2:21:59 hrs |
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 10,000 metres | 30:14.75 min |
2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 5th | Marathon | 2:34:00 hrs |
2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:21.90 min |
1st | 10,000 m | 30:14.33 min | |||
World Half Marathon Championships | Udine, Italy | 55th | Half marathon | 1:03:48 hrs | |
2009 | Piriápolis, Uruguay | 1st | 8,000 m | 30:52 min | |
Reebok 10 km | Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 30:19 min | |
2010 | Maldonado, Uruguay | 4th | 10,000 m | 30:15 min | |
Reebok 10 km | Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | 10,000 m | 30:32 min | |
Tacuarembó, Uruguay | 1st | Half marathon | 1:06:38 hrs | ||
Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 29:45 min | ||
2011 | Maldonado, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 29:45 min | |
Piriápolis, Uruguay | 1st | 8,000 m | 30:48 min | ||
Reebok 10 km | Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | 10,000 m | 30:07 min | |
Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:19 min | ||
2012 | Maldonado, Uruguay | 1st | 10,000 m | 29:34 min | |
Piriápolis, Uruguay | 1st | 8,000 m | 24:59 min | ||
Media Maratón de Montevideo | Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:06:16 hrs | |
Reebok 10 km | Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | 10,000 m | 30:07 min | |
Nike 10k | Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 30:59 min | |
Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 31:56 min | ||
2013 | Maldonado, Uruguay | 10th | 10,000 m | 31:37 min | |
Piriápolis, Uruguay | 3rd | 8,000 m | 25:15 min | ||
Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:06:05 hrs | ||
Reebok 10 km | Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 29:50 min | |
Nike 10k | Montevideo, Uruguay | 4th | 10,000 m | 31:49 min | |
Montevideo, Uruguay | 3rd | 10,000 m | 29:51 min | ||
2014 | Maldonado, Uruguay | 3rd | 10,000 m | 30:07 min | |
Piriápolis, Uruguay | 2nd | 8,000 m | 25:00 min | ||
Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | Marathon | 2:19:33 hrs | ||
Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | Half marathon | 1:04:55 hrs | ||
Media Maratón de Montevideo | Montevideo, Uruguay | 1st | Half marathon | 1:06:58 hrs | |
Reebok 10 km | Montevideo, Uruguay | 2nd | 10,000 m | 29:58 min |
References[]
- Aguelmis Rojas at World Athletics
- Aguelmis Rojas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Profile at athlecac.org
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cuban male long-distance runners
- Cuban male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Cuban athletics biography stubs