Dayexi Gandarela

Dayexi Gandarela
Personal information
Full name Dayexi Gandarela Sosa
Nickname(s) La Gallega[1]
Nationality  Cuba
Born (1986-07-04) 4 July 1986
Caibarién, Cuba
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event(s) Sprint canoe
Coached by Darovy Acevedo[1]

Dayexi Gandarela Sosa (born July 4, 1986 in Caibarién) is a Cuban sprint canoeist.[1][2] She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3][4]

Gandarela represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Gandarela and her partner Yulitza Meneses paddled to a sixth-place finish and fourteenth overall in the B-final by approximately three seconds behind the Slovakian pair (Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová), posting their time of 1:50.124.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dayexi Gandarela". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. "Dayexi Gandarela". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. Guevara, Yuri (31 October 2011). "Cuban Gold in Rowing at Pan American Games". Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. "Cuba gana oro y Argentina plata en K2 500m de canotaje femenino" [Cuba and Argentina wins gold and silver in women's canoeing] (in Spanish). Terra Deportes. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.


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