Yunier Perez

Yunier Pérez

Yunier Pérez in 2015
Personal information
Full name Yunier Pérez Romero
Nationality  Cuba
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) sprinting

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

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

  1. "Yunier Perez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. "Men's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  5. Results.pdf Ergebnisse 2014. PSD Bank Meeting. Retrieved on 2014-01-31.

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