Daimí Pernía

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pernía and the second or maternal family name is Figueroa.

Daimí Pernía

Personal information

Born

December 27, 1976

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Competitor for Cuba
World Championships
Gold	1999 Seville	400 m hurdles
Bronze	2001 Edmonton	400 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Gold	1999 Winnipeg	400 m hurdles
Silver	2003 Santo Domingo	400 m hurdles

Daimí Pernía Figueroa (born December 27, 1976 in Pinar del Río) is a Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion.

Personal bests

400 metres hurdles - 52.89 (1999)
200 metres - 23.43 (1999)
400 metres - 51.10 (2001)

Major achievements

400 m hurdles unless noted.

2004 Ibero-American Championships - gold medal
2003 Pan American Games - silver medal
2001 World Championships in Athletics - bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics - fourth place
1999 World Championships in Athletics - gold medal (PB 52.89s)
1999 Pan American Games - gold medal
1999 Pan American Games - gold medal (4x400m relay)
1999 World University Games - gold medal
1997 World University Games - bronze medal

External links

IAAF profile for Daimí Pernía

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kim Batten	Women's 400m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1999	Succeeded by Irina Privalova

World Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles

1983: Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) 1987: Sabine Busch (GDR) 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) 1993: Sally Gunnell (GBR) 1995: Kim Batten (USA) 1997: Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 1999: Daimí Pernía (CUB) 2001: Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 2003: Jana Pittman (AUS) 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) 2007: Jana Rawlinson (AUS) 2009: Melaine Walker (JAM) 2011: Lashinda Demus (USA)

Pan American Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles

1951 – 1979: not held 1983 – 1987: Judi Brown (USA) 1991: Lency Montelier (CUB) 1995: Kim Batten (USA) 1999: Daimí Pernía (CUB) 2003: Joanna Hayes (USA) 2007: Sheena Johnson (USA) 2011: Princesa Oliveros (COL)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles

1982: Sandra Farmer (JAM) 1986: Flora Hyacinth (ISV) 1990: Elsa Jiménez (CUB) 1993: Lency Montelier (CUB) 1998: Deon Hemmings (JAM) 2002: Yvonne Harrison (PUR) 2006: Daimí Pernía (CUB) 2010: Nickiesha Wilson (JAM)

Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles

1981: Anna Kastyetskaya (URS)
1983: Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)
1985: Margarita Novitskaite (URS)
1987: Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)
1989: Margarita Khromova (URS)
1991: Gretha Tromp (NED)
1993–95: Heike Meißner (GER)
1997: Tatyana Tereshchuk (UKR)
1999: Daimí Pernía (CUB)
2001: Tasha Danvers (GBR)
2003: Maren Schott (GER)
2005: Marina Shiyan (RUS)
2007: Tatyana Azarova (KAZ)
2009: Vania Stambolova (BUL)
2011: Anna Yaroshchuk (UKR)

IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Women's 4 x 400 m relay

1977: East Germany (Popp, Krug, Brehmer, Koch)
1979: East Germany (Kotte, Brehmer, Köhn, Koch)
1981: East Germany (Rübsam, Steuk, Wöckel, Koch)
1985: East Germany (Emmelmann, Busch, Neubauer, Koch)
1989: Americas (Crooks, Davis, Jackson, Quirot)
1992: Americas (Edeh, Crooks, Carabali, Restrepo)
1994: Great Btitain (Smith, Keough, Neef, Gunnell)
1998: Germany (Feller, Rohländer, Urbansky, Breuer)
2002: Americas (Richards, Pernía, Amertil, Guevara)
2006: Americas (S. Williams, Darling, Amertil, N. Williams)
2010: Americas (Williams, Dunn, Wilson, Amertil)

Persondata
Name	Pernia, Daimi
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	December 27, 1976
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death