Solange Witteveen
Solange Marilú Witteveen (born 6 February 1976) is a retired Argentine high jumper. She won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. She also represented Argentina at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Career Witteveen was born in Buenos Aires. Her personal best jump is 1.96 metres, achieved in September 1997 in Oristano. This is the current South American record. Among her achievements, Witteveen won the 1997 South American Championships, the 1998 South American Games and the 1999 Pan American Games, as well as winning a bronze medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade. In both of her appearances at the Olympic Games, she cleared 1.89 m, finishing 20th overall in 2000 and 23rd in 2004. In 2001, at the South American Championships, 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 – 14.62 (+1.5 m/s) (Buenos Aires 2006) High jump – 1.96 (Oristano 1997) Long jump – 6.27 (+0.3 m/s) (Montevideo 1999) Triple jump – 12.43 (+1.3 m/s) (Buenos Aires 2006) Indoor High jump – 1.94 (Brno 2000) References External links Sports reference biography 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 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