Yaime Pérez Explained
| Yaime Pérez |
| Fullname: | Yaimí Pérez Tellez |
| Birth Date: | 1991 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Cuba |
| Height: | 1.72 m[1] |
| Weight: | 86 kg |
| Country: | Cuba |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Discus throw |
| Pb: | 73.09 m (2024) |
| Updated: | 4 October 2019 |
Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born 29 May 1991) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] In 2022, she defected to the United States.
Career
She was the gold medallist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, then won her first senior title at the regional 2011 ALBA Games. Pérez represented Cuba at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh in the final. Her 2014 season was highlighted by a silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games and a fifth-place finish at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. Pérez won her first IAAF Diamond League meeting in 2015, beating world and Olympic champion Sandra Perković through a personal best throw of .[3]
Pérez won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She defected to the United States while on a stopover in Miami, after performing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she placed seventh in the competition.[4]
Personal bests
- Shot put: (2008)
- Discus throw: (2024)
International competitions
| Representing |
|---|
| 2009 | ALBA Games | La Habana, Cuba | 9th | Discus | 52.00 m |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 56.01 m |
| 2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 55.26 m |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 4th | Discus | 56.93 m |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 30th (q) | Discus | 57.87 m |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 11th | Discus | 60.33 m |
| 2014 | Pan American Sports Festival | Ciudad de México, México | — | Discus | NM |
| Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco | 5th | Discus | 59.38 m1 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus | 62.42 m A |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus | 64.99 m |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 4th | Discus | 65.46 m |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st (q) | Discus | 65.38 m2 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | Discus | 64.82 m |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 66.00 m |
| NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 61.97 m |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 66.58 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 69.17 m |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Discus | 65.72 m |
| 2022 | Ibero-American Championships | La Nucía, Spain | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Discus | 62.06 m |
| World Championships | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 7th | Discus | 63.07 m | |
1Representing the Americas
2No mark in the final
Notes and References
- Web site: 2018 CAC Games bio. 8 August 2018. 8 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180808234139/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n4721-perez-tellez-yaime.htm. dead.
- Web site: Yaimé PÉREZ Profile World Athletics.
- Rowbottom, Mike (9 July 2015). Taylor topples Pichardo in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 10 July 2015.
- News: Yaimé Pérez: Cuban athlete defects after World Championships. Vanessa Buschschlüter. BBC. 27 July 2022. 28 July 2022.
