| Yeral Nuñez | |
| Nationality: | Dominican Republic |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400m Hurdles |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 2003[1] |
| Pb: | 400m hurdles: 48.58s (2024) |
Yeral Nuñez (born 9 January 2003) is a hurdler from the Dominican Republic. He won national championships titles in the 400m hurdles in 2023 and 2024 and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
He ran a Dominican Republic national U20 record of 50.07 for the 400 metres hurdles in June 2022.[2]
He ran 49.43 seconds to win the senior national title over 400m hurdles for the first time, in April 2023.[3] He won bronze in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica.[4] He qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the senior 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in July 2023.[5] He finished fourth in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.[6] He competed for the Dominican Republic at the World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[7] [8] That month, he won bronze in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Brazil. His 4x400m relay team won their race but were disallowed for a lane infringement.[9] He ran 49.05 seconds to retain his national 400m hurdles title in June 2024.[10]
He was selected to compete for Dominican Republic at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He ran as part of the mixed 4x400m relay.[11] He also qualified to run in the 400m hurdles.[12]
He is from La Romana, Dominican Republic.[13]