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, Qatar. She won the bronze medal at the

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, South Korea, but nearly missed out of the podium at the

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, Australia. She was also able to clear her personal best of 4.20 metres to capture the gold medal at the

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, Jordan. Roslinda represented

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the

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, after reaching a qualifying mark of 4.30 metres in both the indoor and outdoor meets. She competed in the women's pole vault, an event which was prominently dominated by Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva. Roslinda cleared the bar in the preliminary rounds, with her seasonal best distance of 4.30 metres, tying her position with Australia's

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, in eighth place for the group, and in sixteenth overall.

Competition record

References

External links

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Malaysian pole vaulters Female pole vaulters Living people Olympic athletes for Malaysia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kedah 1982 births Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Malaysia Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Malaysian female athletes Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners {{Malaysia-athletics-bio-stub