Misleydis González Explained

Misleydis González Tamayo (pronounced as /es/; born June 19, 1978, in Bayamo, Granma) is a female shot putter from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing en route to winning the Olympic silver medal. She has represented Cuba at the Summer Olympics three times, coming seventh in 2004 and second 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

Representing
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put (4 kg)	14.54 m
1997	Pan American Junior Championships	Havana, Cuba	4th	Shot put (4 kg)	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
		Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	4th	Shot put	17.99 m
2004		Budapest, Hungary	6th	Shot put	18.41 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	2nd	Shot put	18.65 m
		Olympia, Greece	6th	Shot put	18.59 m
2005		Helsinki, Finland	10th	Shot put	18.01 m
		İzmir, Turkey	3rd	Shot put	18.26 m
2006		Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	Shot put	18.80 m
2007		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Shot put	18.83 m
		Osaka, Japan	11th	Shot put	18.14 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	Shot put	18.75 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	Shot put	19.50 m
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	3rd	Shot put	18.41 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Shot put	19.13 m CR
		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		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

External links

• • • Tilastopaja biography
• Picture of Misleydis González