Yunier Perez
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Yunier Pérez in 2015 | |||||||
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| Full name | Yunier Pérez Romero | ||||||
| Nationality |
 Cuba | ||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||
| Sport | |||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||
| Event(s) | sprinting | ||||||
Medal record
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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 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres | 6.50[5] | Düsseldorf, Germany | January 30, 2014 |
| 100 metres | 10.22 | Havana, Cuba | June 11, 2009 |
| 200 metres | 20.75 | Cali, Colombia | July 5, 2008 |
| 400 metres | 46.72 | Havana, Cuba | June 3, 2006 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Cuba | |||||
| 2005 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 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 | Nassau, Bahamas | 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 | 3:02.24 min | |
| 2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | La Habana, Cuba | 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
- ↑ "Yunier Perez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 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, retrieved June 24, 2013
- ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (7 July 2008). "Cuba takes overall title in Cali; last day of CAC Champs beset by torrential rains". IAAF. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ↑ Results.pdf Ergebnisse 2014. PSD Bank Meeting. Retrieved on 2014-01-31.
External links
- Yunier Perez profile at IAAF
- NBC Olympics Profile
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