Luz Mery Rojas

Luz Mery Rojas

Personal information
Full name	Luz Mery Rojas Llanco
Nationality	Peruvian
Born	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31)
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Peru
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
World finals	2023: 10,000 m
Medal record Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 10,000 m South American Championships 2023 São Paulo 10,000 m 2023 Lima 5000 m Ibero-American Championships 2018 Trujillo 5000 m South American Games 2018 Cochabamba 5000 m 2022 Asunciòn 5000 m 2022 Asunciòn 10,000 m

Luz Mery Rojas Llanco (born 20 June 1993) is a Peruvian female long-distance runner who competes over distances from 5000 metres to the marathon.^[1]

She was the gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 South American Championships in Athletics and went on to represent Peru at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the 10,000 m. She also won a 5000 metres gold medal at the 2018 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and ran for the host nation at the 2019 Pan American Games.^[2][3][4]

Rojas represented Peru at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in 2016 and 2018, and is a three-time medallist at the South American Games. She also competed for Peru at under-20 level at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Rojas has been Peruvian national champion over 5000 metres, 10,000 meters and the half marathon.^[2]