Juana Arrendel

Juana Rosario Arrendel (born 16 June 1978 in La Romana) is a female high jumper from the Dominican Republic.

Arrendel originally won the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, but lost the gold medal after testing positive for stanozolol.^[1] In 2006, she became the sixth woman to win three Central American and Caribbean Games titles in a row. The other are Miguelina Cobián, Carmen Romero, Bárbara Hechevarría, María Caridad Colón and Letitia Vriesde.^[2]

Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in December 2002 at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador. This is the current Dominican Republic record.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the  Dominican Republic
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	1.90 m PB
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	8th	1.85 m
2002	NACAC U-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	1st	1.95 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	1.97 m PB
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th	1.95 m SB
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	1.94 m
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	1.93 m SB
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	1.81 m

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

• Juana Arrendel at World Athletics

1. "Drugs in world athletics". BBC. 31 July 2000. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
2. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (30 July 2006). "Cuba dominates last day - CAC Games, Day 5". IAAF. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
3. Dominican Republic athletics records Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine