Rosa Rodríguez

Rosa Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Rosa Andreina Rodríguez Pargas
Born	(1986-07-02) July 2, 1986 (age 30) Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Women's Athletics
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Venezuela Military World Games 2011 Rio de Janeiro Hammer throw CAC Games 2010 Mayagüez Hammer throw Bolivarian Games 2005 Armenia Hammer throw 2009 Sucre Hammer throw 2009 Sucre Shot put 2009 Sucre Discus throw CAC Championships 2009 Havana Hammer throw 2011 Mayagüez Hammer throw
Updated on 15 June 2013.

Rosa Andreina Rodríguez Pargas (born 2 July 1986 in Acarigua, Portuguesa) is a Venezuelan hammer thrower. She is the Venezuelan record holder for the event with her personal best of 72.83 metres, set in May 2012, which she improved to 73.64 in 2013. Rodríguez represented Venezuela at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015.

A former South American hammer champion at youth and junior levels, she won her first major medal at the South American Championships in 2005. She is a two-time Ibero-American gold medallist (2008, 2012) and two-time runner-up at the Central American and Caribbean Championships (2009, 2011). She competed at the 2011 Pan American Games and has also won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games and Military World Games.

As a youth Rodríguez competed in a variety of throwing events. At the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics she was a finalist in the shot put. The 2002 South American Youth Championships saw her win both the discus throw and hammer throw events, as well as a bronze medal in the shot put. She was a hammer finalist at the World Youth Championships, but was knocked out in qualifying at the 2004 World Junior Championships. She was crowned the South American Junior hammer champion in 2005.

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