Yadisleidy Pedroso

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Yadisleidy Pedroso
Athletics
Event400 metres hurdles
ClubCUS Pisa Atletica Cascina
Coached byMassimo Matrone
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 400 m hs: 54.54 (2013)
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
CAC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Havana 400 m hs
Representing  Italy
European Team Championships
Silver medal – second place
2017 Lille
400 m hs
Bronze medal – third place
2015 Cheboksary
400 m hs
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 400 m hs

Yadisleidy Pedroso (Havana, 28 January 1987) is an Italian hurdler. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 400 m hurdles.[1]

Biography

She has been an Italian citizen from 7 February 2013, but she was unable compete for the Italian national athletics team before 13 December 2013.[2] Pedroso formerly represented Cuba and became an Italian citizen through her marriage to her coach Massimo Matrone.[3]

National records

Italian records in athletics
  • 400 metres hurdles: 54.54 (China Shanghai, 18 May 2013) - Current holder

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 1st 400 m hurdles 58.23
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 2nd 400 m hurdles 57.73
Representing  Italy
2014 European Championships
Zurich, Switzerland
5th 400 m hurdles 55.90
2015
European Team Championships
Cheboksary, Russia 3rd 400 m hurdles
55.18
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th 400 m hurdles 55.78
2017
European Team Championships
Lille, France 2nd 400 m hurdles
55.39
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
13th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.95
2018 Mediterranean Games
Tarragona, Spain
1st 400 m hurdles 55.40
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
5th 400 m hurdles 55.80
2019 World Championships
Doha, Qatar
15th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.40
2021 Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
16th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.80

National titles

He won five national championships.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics - PEDROSO Yadisleidis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  2. ^ "Pedroso 400hs da record 54.54" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. International Association of Athletics Federations
    . Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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