Juana Rosario Arrendel (born 16 June 1978 in La Romana) is a female

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er from the

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. Arrendel originally won the

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, but lost the gold medal after testing positive for

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. 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,

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and

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. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in December 2002 at the

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. This is the current Dominican Republic record.Dominican Republic athletics records

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrendel, Juana 1978 births Living people People from La Romana, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic female high jumpers Olympic athletes of the Dominican Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic 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 Doping cases in athletics Dominican Republic sportspeople in doping cases Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games

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