Yaime Pérez
 Pérez at the 2015 Doha Diamond League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yaimí Pérez Tellez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1991 Santiago de Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 73.09 m (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born 29 May 1991) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] In 2022, she defected to the United States.[3]
Career
She was the gold medallist at the
Sandra Perković through a personal best throw of 67.13 m (220 ft 2+3⁄4 in).[4]
Pérez won the gold medal at the
2019 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics
.
She defected to the United States while on a stopover in Miami, after performing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she placed seventh in the competition.[3]
Personal bests
- Shot put: 13.88 m (45 ft 6+1⁄4 in) (2008)
- Discus throw: 73.09 m (239 ft 9+1⁄2 in) (2024)
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Cuba
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| 2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba
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9th | Discus | 52.00 m |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 1st | Discus | 56.01 m |
| 2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | Discus | 55.26 m |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 4th | Discus | 56.93 m |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 30th (q) | Discus | 57.87 m | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia
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11th | Discus | 60.33 m |
| 2014 | Pan American Sports Festival | Ciudad de México, México | — | Discus | NM |
| Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco
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5th | Discus | 59.38 m 1
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| Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | 2nd | Discus | 62.42 m A | |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada
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2nd | Discus | 64.99 m |
| World Championships | Beijing, China
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4th | Discus | 65.46 m | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1st (q) | Discus | 65.38 m2 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
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4th | Discus | 64.82 m |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia
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1st | Discus | 66.00 m |
| NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada
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1st | Discus | 61.97 m | |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru
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1st | Discus | 66.58 m |
World Championships
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Doha, Qatar
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1st | Discus | 69.17 m
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| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Discus | 65.72 m |
| 2022 | Ibero-American Championships | La Nucía , Spain
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1st | Discus | 62.06 m |
| World Championships | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 7th | Discus | 63.07 m | |
1Representing the Americas
2No mark in the final
References
- ^ "2018 CAC Games bio". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Yaimé PÉREZ | Profile | World Athletics".
- ^ a b Vanessa Buschschlüter (27 July 2022). "Yaimé Pérez: Cuban athlete defects after World Championships". BBC. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (9 July 2015). Taylor topples Pichardo in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 10 July 2015.
External links
- Yaime Pérez at World Athletics
- Yaime Pérez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yaime Pérez at Olympics.com
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