Davisleydi Velazco Explained

Davisleydi Velazco
Birth Name:Davisleydi Velazco
Nationality:Cuban
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Birth Date:4 September 1999

Davisleydi Velazco (born 4 September 1999) is a Cuban athlete who competes in the triple jump. She won bronze at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships.[1]

Career

Her jump of 14.34m on 21 March 2020 was the sixth longest jump in the world that year.[2] At the 2020 Summer Games Velazco finished eighth in her heat with a jump of 14.14 metres.[3] She also finished 8th in her qualifying round at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, jumping 13.94m.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davisleydi VELAZCO | Profile. worldathletics.org.
  2. Web site: Triple Jump - women - senior - outdoor - 2020. worldathletics.org.
  3. Web site: Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2021-07-30. 2021-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730131444/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-triple-jump-qual-b00100-.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: Tokyo Olympics: Athletics - Women's Triple Jump results. BBCSport.