Yaime Pérez
 Pérez at the 2015 Doha Diamond League | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yaimí Pérez Tellez |
| Born | 29 May 1991 Santiago, Cuba |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 73.09 m (2024) |
| Updated on 4 October 2019 | |
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
[edit]She was the gold medallist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, then won her first senior title at the regional 2011 ALBA Games. Pérez represented Cuba at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh in the final. Her 2014 season was highlighted by a silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games and a fifth-place finish at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. Pérez won her first IAAF Diamond League meeting in 2015, beating world and Olympic champion 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]
1Representing the Americas
2No mark in the final
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. 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
[edit]- Yaime Pérez at World Athletics
- Yaime Pérez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yaime Pérez at Olympics.com
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