Aguelmis Rojas de Armas also Aquelmis Rojas (; born March 28, 1978) is a male

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from

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. He represented his native country at the

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, 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

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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

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. At the

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, he set the Cuban record of 1:03:48 for the

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, although he finished in 55th place. Aside from road competitions, he occasionally runs on the track and was the winner of the

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over

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at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

Achievements

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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 for Cuba Pan American Games athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Cuban Athletics Championships winners {{cuba-athletics-bio-stub