Solange Marilú Witteveen (born 6 February 1976) is a retired

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high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. She won a gold medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games () or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

. She also represented Argentina at the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

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and the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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Career

Witteveen was born in

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. Her personal best jump is 1.96 metres, achieved in September 1997 in

Oristano Oristano (; ) is an Italian city and (municipality), the capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the provincial ...

. This is the current South American record. Among her achievements, Witteveen won the 1997 South American Championships, the

1998 South American Games The VI South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held in 1998 in Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Azuay, Ecuador, with some events in Azogues (futsal), Gualaceo ...

and the

, as well as winning a bronze medal at the

1999 Summer Universiade The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma, Majorca, Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 3 July to 13 July. Venues * Estadi Son Moix — athletics, football (finals), ceremonies * Palau Municipal d'Espor ...

. In both of her appearances at the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, she cleared 1.89 m, finishing 20th overall in 2000 and 23rd in 2004. In 2001, at the

South American Championships A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of South American championships * Basketball ...

, she jumped 1.97 metres which would be the new South American record. She, however, failed a doping test for a banned substance and was disqualified from competition for two years.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

– 14.62 (+1.5 m/s) (Buenos Aires 2006) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– 1.96 (Oristano 1997) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

– 6.27 (+0.3 m/s) (Montevideo 1999) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

– 12.43 (+1.3 m/s) (Buenos Aires 2006) Indoor *

– 1.94 (Brno 2000)

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Sports reference biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Witteveen, Solange 1976 births Living people Argentine female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Argentina Argentine people of Dutch descent Athletes from Buenos Aires Argentine sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 South American Games Universiade medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games