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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.[3]

Yaime Pérez
Pérez at the 2015 Doha Diamond League
Personal information
Full nameYaimí Pérez Tellez
NationalityCuban
Born (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 (age 31)
Santiago de Cuba
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryCuba
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)69.39 m (2019)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoDiscus throw
World Championships
2019 DohaDiscus throw
Continental Cup
2018 OstravaDiscus throw
Pan American Games
2019 LimaDiscus throw
2015 TorontoDiscus throw
Updated on 4 October 2019.

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 67.13 m (220 ft 2+34 in).[4]

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.[3]


Personal bests



International competitions


YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
2009 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 9th Discus 52.00 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 1st Discus 56.01 m
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 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 2nd Discus 62.42 m A
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 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 1st Discus 66.00 m
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 1st Discus 61.97 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st Discus 66.58 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 1st Discus 69.17 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd Discus 65.72 m
2022 Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 1st Discus 62.06 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 7th Discus 63.07 m

1Representing the Americas

2No mark in the final


References


  1. "2018 CAC Games bio". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. "Yaimé PÉREZ | Profile | World Athletics".
  3. Vanessa Buschschlüter (27 July 2022). "Yaimé Pérez: Cuban athlete defects after World Championships". BBC. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. Rowbottom, Mike (9 July 2015). Taylor topples Pichardo in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 10 July 2015.


Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Cuba
(with Mijaín López)
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by
Incumbent



На других языках


[de] Yaimé Pérez

Yaimé Pérez Téllez (* 29. Mai 1991 in Santiago de Cuba) ist eine kubanische Diskuswerferin.
- [en] Yaime Pérez

[es] Yaimé Pérez

Yaimé Pérez Téllez (Songo-La Maya, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; 29 de mayo de 1991) es una atleta de nacionalidad cubana. Su especialidad es el lanzamiento de disco y durante su carrera deportiva ha logrado un título mundial, una medalla de oro en Juegos Panamericanos, dos Trofeos de diamante, un triunfo en la copa continental y una medalla de oro en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. Además tiene dos participaciones en Juegos Olímpicos

[it] Yaimé Pérez

Yaimé Pérez Tellez (Santiago di Cuba, 29 maggio 1991) è una discobola cubana, campionessa mondiale a Doha 2019.

[ru] Перес, Яйме

Яйме Перес Теллес (исп. Yaimé Pérez Téllez, 29 мая 1991 (1991-05-29)) — кубинская метательница диска, чемпионка мира 2019 года, чемпионка Панамериканских игр 2019 года, серебряный призёр Панамериканских игр 2015 года. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 в Токио.



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