Misleydis González
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Tamayo.
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Full name | Misleydis González Tamayo |
Born |
Bayamo, Granma | June 19, 1978
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
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Country |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Shot Put |
Updated on 26 June 2013. |
Misleydis González Tamayo (Spanish pronunciation: [misˈleiðis ɣonˈsales]; born June 19, 1978 in Bayamo, Granma) is a female shot putter from Cuba.[1] Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She has represented Cuba at the Summer Olympics three times, coming seventh in 2004 and fourth in 2008, and five times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011)
She is a two-time Pan American Games champion in the event (2007 and 2011) and a three-time champion at the Central American and Caribbean Championships. She was the bronze medallist at the 2005 Summer Universiade. González placed fourth in the shot put at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Personal bests
Outdoor
- Shot put: 19.50 m –
Beijing, 16 August 2008
Indoor
- Shot put: 18.86 m –
Valencia, 28 February 2010
International competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) |
San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Shot put (4kg) | 14.54 m |
1997 | Pan American Junior Championships | La Habana, Cuba | 4th | Shot put (4kg) | 14.47 m |
2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Shot put | 17.20 m |
2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St. George's, Grenada | 1st | Shot put | 18.09 m |
Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | Shot put | 17.99 m | |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 6th | Shot put | 18.41 m |
Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 2nd | Shot put | 18.65 m | |
Olympic Games | Olympia, Greece | 6th | Shot put | 18.59 m | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | Shot put | 18.01 m |
Universiade | Izmir, Turkey | 3rd | Shot put | 18.26 m | |
2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 2nd | Shot put | 18.80 m |
2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Shot put | 18.83 m |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 11th | Shot put | 18.14 m | |
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 4th | Shot put | 18.75 m |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 4th | Shot put | 19.50 m | |
2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 3rd | Shot put | 18.41 m |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Shot put | 19.13 m CR | |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | Shot put | 18.74 m | |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | Shot put | 18.77 m |
Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 1st | Shot put | 18.52 m | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 16th (q) | Shot put | 18.24 m |
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1st | Shot put | 18.57 m | |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 11th (q) | Shot put | 17.32 m |
Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 3rd | Shot put | 18.03 m | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 20th (q) | Shot put | 17.68 m |
References
- ↑ 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
External links
- Misleydis González profile at IAAF
- Sports reference biography
- Tilastopaja biography
- Ecured biography (in Spanish)
- Picture of Misleydis González
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