Yarelys Barrios
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Barrios and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.
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Full name | Yarelis Barrios Castañeda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río | July 12, 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yarelys Barrios Castañeda (also Yarelis Barrios Castañeda; born July 12, 1983 in Pinar del Río) is a female discus thrower from Cuba.
She won the Diamond Race in the women's discus throw of the IAAF Diamond League both in 2010 and in 2011.
She won the 2012 Cuban National Championships with a personal best throw of 68.03 metres.[1]
Achievements
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2005 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 1st | Discus | 60.41 m |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | Discus | 56.59 m | |
2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 2nd | Discus | 58.22 m |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | Discus | 63.90 m (=PB) |
Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Discus | 61.72 m | |
Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | Discus | 61.36 m | |
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | Discus | 62.87 m |
Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 2nd | Discus | 63.64 m | |
2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 2nd | Discus | 63.24 m |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Discus | 62.10 m | |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | Discus | 65.31 m | |
2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 2nd | Discus | 59.96 m |
Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 3rd | Discus | 62.58 m | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | Discus | 65.73 m |
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1st | Discus | 66.40 m | |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Discus | 66.38 m |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | Discus | 64.96 m |
- Barrios originally finished 4th in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she moved up a position after Darya Pishchalnikova was disqualified for testing positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone.
References
- ↑ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-27). Barrios throws 68.03m in Havana . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-29.
External links
- Yarelys Barrios profile at IAAF
- sports-reference
- Tilastopaja biography
- Ecured biography (in Spanish)
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