Silinda Morales
Cuban athlete (born 2000)
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Silinda Morales (born 30 August 2000) is a Cuban discus thrower. She won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships and was world under-18 champion in 2017.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Born | 30 August 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus: 67.25 m (Tokyo, 2025) |
Career
Morales won the discus throw at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.[2] The following year, she was a bronze medalist at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[3][4]
She won the gold medal at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.[5]
She was a finalist at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, placing eleventh overall.[6][7] She competed for Cuba at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France but did not reach the final.[8]
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the final with a throw of 63.22 metres, before winning the bronze medal with a personal best throw of 67.25 metres.[9][10]
