Yenima Arencibia Explained

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Yenima Arencibia
Fullname:Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte
Birth Date:25 December 1984
Birth Place:San Luis, Pinar del Río
Weight:550NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 metres hurdles
Updated:25 June 2013

Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born December 25, 1984, in San Luis, Pinar del Río) is a female Cuban sprint hurdler.[1]

Career

Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds.[2] She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia's Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.[3]

Personal bests

Outdoor
EventPointsVenueDate
11.80 July 7, 2007
12.95 July 5, 2008
Indoor
EventPointsVenueDate
8.09 February 10, 2007
8.09 February 23, 2007

Achievements

Representing
2005ALBA GamesLa Habana, Cubabgcolor=gold1st100 m hurdles13.29 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas4th (h)100 m hurdles13.60 s (wind: +1.7 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay45.07 s
2006NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic4th100 m hurdles13.35 s (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2006Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia10th (h)100 m hurdles14.25 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:36.34 min
2007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil9th (h)100 m hurdles13.32 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2nd (h)4 × 100 m relay43.46 s
UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand8th100 m hurdles13.33 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombiabgcolor=silver2nd100 m hurdles12.95 s A (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Olympic GamesBeijing, China32nd (h)100 m hurdles13.43 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2009ALBA GamesLa Habana, Cubabgcolor=silver2nd100 m hurdles13.10 s w (wind: +3.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsLa Habana, Cuba5th100 m hurdles13.23 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2011ALBA GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuelabgcolor=gold1st100 m hurdles13.36 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay45.33 s
Pan American GamesGuadalajara, México6th100 m hurdles13.22 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Yenima Arencibia. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/yenima-arencibia-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 8 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Nicholas. Stephon. Relay teams strike gold. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 7 July 2008. 8 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 3 . . 3 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073936/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW011900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .