Yirisleydi Ford
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Yirisleydi Lisbet Ford Carnonell |
Born | Sancti Spíritus, Cuba[1] | 18 August 1991
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Hammer throw |
Updated on 29 August 2015 |
Yirisleydi Lisbet Ford Carnonell (born 18 August 1991 in Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the hammer throw.[3]
She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, narrowly missing the final.
Her personal best in the event is 72.40 metres set in Havana in 2015.
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | ||||
2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 9th | 53.14 m |
2009 | Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 63.92 m |
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | – | NM |
2014 | Pan American Sports Festival | Mexico City, Mexico | 5th | 68.44 m |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Veracruz, Mexico | 2nd | 69.62 m | |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 5th | 65.73 m |
NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 3rd | 69.91 m | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 15th (q) | 69.43 m | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 32nd (q) | 10.91 m |
References
[edit]- ^ Joaquín Gómez Serra (25 August 2015). "La espirituana Yirisleydis Ford debuta en mundial de atletismo" [Spiritus' Yirisleydis Ford makes her athletics debut at the Worlds] (in Spanish). Radio Sancti Spíritus. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ 2015 PanAm Games profile
- ^ Yirisleydi Ford at World Athletics
External links
[edit]- http://www.all-athletics.com/node/109982
- http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n10155594-ford-yirisleydi.htm
- http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2016/athletes/_/athlete/55094
- https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-athletics-women-results-idUSISS862925
- http://www.gettyimages.com/pictures/yirisleydi-ford-15001672#yirisleydi-ford-of-cuba-competes-in-the-womens-hammer-throw-round-on-picture-id589032240
Categories:
- Cuban female hammer throwers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus
- 1991 births
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- Cuban athletics biography stubs