Daniela Rojas
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| Born | 26 November 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniela Rojas Gutiérrez (born 26 November 1997) is a Costa Rican athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[1]
Career
She won a bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador in July 2023 in 56.58 seconds.[2] She won a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago in 57.41 seconds.[3][4]
In July 2025, she set a new national record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.15 in Madrid, Spain. The previous record, 56.19 was set in 2012 by the Olympic athlete Sharolyn Scott.[5][6] She broke her own national record in the 400 meter hurdles at the 2025 NACAC Championships, running 55.67 seconds. She qualified via her world ranking to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 56.08 seconds without qualifying for the semi-finals of the 400 metres hurdles.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Daniela Rojas Gutiérrez". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "CAC Games". World Athletics. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Santiago 2023 - Brazil's Marlene Santos wins historic women's 400m hurdles title, Jamaican Jaheel Hyde takes men's gold". Olympics.com. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Pan American Games". World Athletics. 3 Nov 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Daniela Rojas breaks a national record that was 13 years old". Teletica.com. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Daniela Rojas sets new national record and approaches her big goal of the season". Go.gale.com. July 19, 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Rojas Makes History, Qualifies for World Championships". Ticosland. 1 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.