Yunier Pérez
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Yunier Pérez Romero (born February 16, 1985, in San José de las Lajas) is a Cuban track and field athlete, who specializes in sprinting events.[1][2]
He won gold medals with the Cuban relay team at the
Cali, Colombia, with an Olympic qualifying time of 3:02.10.[3] Perez competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, and Yunior Díaz. He ran on the starting leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 45.95 seconds. Perez and his national relay team, however, finished seventh in the preliminary heats, for a total time of 3:02.24, failing to advance into the final round.[4]
Personal bests
Event | Points | Venue | Date |
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60 metres | 6.49 | Moscow, Russia | February 2, 2014 |
100 metres | 10.00 | Madrid, Spain | July 17, 2017 |
200 metres | 20.75 | Cali, Colombia |
July 5, 2008 |
400 metres | 46.72 | Havana, Cuba | June 3, 2006 |
- All information taken from IAAFprofile.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
2005 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba
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2nd | 200 m | 21.16 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.14 min | |||
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bahamas
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9th (sf) | 200 m | 21.13 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 4th | 200 m | 20.84 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.10 min | |||
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 8th | 4 × 400 m relay
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3:02.24 min | |
2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | La Habana, Cuba
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4th | 200 m | 20.83 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) |
2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 2nd | 100 m | 10.37 s (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
8th (h) | 200 m | 21.41 s (wind: -0.6 m/s) | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.86 min |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yunier Perez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
- IAAF. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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