Juana Rosario Arrendel (born 16 June 1978 in La Romana) is a female high jumper from the Dominican Republic.
Arrendel originally won the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, but lost the gold medal after testing positive for stanozolol.[1] 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, Bárbara Hechevarría, María Caridad Colón and Letitia Vriesde.[2]
Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in December 2002 at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador. This is the current Dominican Republic record.[3]
| Representing the | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 1.90 m PB | ||
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 8th | 1.85 m | |||
| 2002 | NACAC U-25 Championships | San Antonio, Texas, United States | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1.95 m |
| San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 1.97 m PB | |||
| 2003 | Paris, France | 8th | 1.95 m SB | ||
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 1.94 m | |||
| 2006 | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | 1.93 m SB | ||
| 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 1.81 m | ||