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Cuban athlete
Yumileidi Cumbá
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Cuban athlete
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Gender
Female
Birth
11 February 1975, Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Age
49 years
Stats
Height:
183
Weight:
105
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Yumileidi Cumbá Jay also Yumisleidis (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝumiˈleiði kumˈba]; born February 11, 1975 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban shot putter.
Career
Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an Olympic gold medal and achieved a new personal best throw.
Her current personal best throw is 19.97 metres, achieved at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Huelva.
Her name is a transliteration of "You Milady", and is in the Cuban tradition of using odd, foreign-born names.
Personal best
Outdoor
- Shot put: 19.97 m – Huelva, 8 August 2004
Indoor
- Shot put: 19.31 m – Budapest, 5 March 2004
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Cuba | |||||
1990 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | Shot put | 14.54 m |
1st | Discus throw | 38.96 m | |||
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, Korea | 4th | Shot put | 17.06 m |
1993 | Pan American Junior Championships | Winnipeg, Canada | 1st | Shot put | 17.55 m |
5th | Discus throw | 42.84 m | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 2nd | Shot put | 17.67 m | |
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 2nd | Shot put | 18.09 m |
1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 3rd | Shot put | 18.47 m |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 20th | Shot put | 15.80 m | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th (q) | Shot put | 18.55 m |
1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | Shot put | 17.31 m |
World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 4th | Shot put | 18.76 m | |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 6th | Shot put | 17.80 m |
Universiade | Palma, Spain | 2nd | Shot put | 18.70 m | |
Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 2nd | Shot put | 18.67 m | |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 6th | Shot put | 18.44 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 6th | Shot put | 18.70 m |
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th | Shot put | 18.61 m |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | Shot put | 18.73 m | |
Universiade | Beijing, China | 1st | Shot put | 18.90 m | |
Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 2nd | Shot put | 18.41 m | |
2002 | Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Shot put | 18.87 m |
World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | Shot put | 19.14 m | |
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 6th | Shot put | 19.19 m |
Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | Shot put | 19.31 m | |
World Championships | Paris, France | 13th (q) | Shot put | 17.95 m | |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Shot put | 19.31 m |
Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 1st | Shot put | 19.97 m | |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 1st | Shot put | 19.59 m | |
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | Shot put | 18.98 m |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | Shot put | 18.64 m | |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 7th | Shot put | 18.44 m | |
2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | Shot put | 18.28 m |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | Shot put | 19.31 m | |
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 4th | Shot put | 18.78 m | |
World Cup | Athens, Greece | 3rd | Shot put | 19.12 m | |
2007 | ALBA Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | Shot put | 18.24 m |
Pan American Games | Rio, Brazil | 2nd | Shot put | 18.28 m | |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 12th | Shot put | 17.93 m | |
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | Shot put | 18.10 m |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 20th (q) | Shot put | 17.60 m |
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