Yoelbi Quesada
Personal information | |
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Full name | Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández |
Born |
Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus | August 4, 1973
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Cuba |
Sport | Athletics |
Medal record
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Updated on 30 May 2013. |
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Quesada and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoˈelβi keˈsaða]; born August 4, 1973 in Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump.
Career
He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.
Personal best
- Triple jump: 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Athens, 8 August 1997
Competition record
References
- ↑ Out of competition performance ineligible for medals.
External links
- Yoelbi Quesada profile at IAAF
- Sports reference biography
- Picture: Yoelbi Quesada, world champion in triple jump in 1997
- Calixto, Néstor (20 Apr 2009), Cuba, tierra de triplistas (in Spanish), CACAC, retrieved Mar 25, 2012
Records | ||
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Preceded by Sergey Bykov |
World Junior Championship record holder – Men's triple jump 19 September 1992 – 27 July 2014 |
Succeeded by Lázaro Martínez |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Sergey Bykov |
World Junior Champion – Men's triple jump 19 September 1992 – July 1994 |
Succeeded by Onochie Achike |
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