Yesenia Ferrera Explained

Yesenia Ferrera
Fullname:Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez
Birth Date:16 October 1998
Birth Place:Santiago de Cuba
Height:1.55m
Weight:46 kg
Discipline:WAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Natlteam:2014–present
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Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez (born October 16, 1998)[1] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She rose to prominence as a first-year senior in 2014 but soon encountered an injury that sidelined her for two seasons until she returned in 2017.

Career

2014

In August, Ferrera competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She finished fourth in the all-around but claimed silver in the vault final and bronze in the floor final.[2]

Later, in November, she traveled to Veracruz for the Central American and Caribbean Games. She clinched the vault and floor titles, also grabbing a bronze on balance beam.[3]

2017

Ferrera returned to elite competition in June 2017 at the Central American Sports Festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She won the all-around competition, as well as the vault and floor titles too.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yesenia Ferrera. 16 September 2015.
  2. Web site: 2014 Pan American Championships Results. 1 September 2014.
  3. Web site: 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. 3 December 2014.
  4. Web site: 2017 Central American Sports Festival Results. 1 July 2017.