Yaime Pérez
Cuban discus thrower (born 1991)
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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]
Pérez at the 2015 Doha Diamond League | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yaimí Pérez Tellez |
| Born | 29 May 1991 |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 73.09 m (2024) |
| 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+3⁄4 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] Following her defection, Pérez began training under coach Dane Miller.[5] At the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting in Ramona on 13 April 2024, Pérez achieved the world's longest women's discus throw since 1989, clocking in at 73.09m.[6]
Personal bests
- Shot put: 13.88 m (45 ft 6+1⁄4 in) (2008)
- Discus throw: 73.09 m (239 ft 9+1⁄2 in) (2024)
International competitions
1Representing the Americas
2No mark in the final
