Yirisleydi Ford | |
Fullname: | Yirisleydi Lisbet Ford Carnonell |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1991 |
Birth Place: | Sancti Spíritus, Cuba[1] |
Height: | 1.68m (05.51feet)[2] |
Weight: | 660NaN0 |
Sport: | Track and field |
Event: | Hammer throw |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Updated: | 29 August 2015 |
Yirisleydi Lisbet Ford Carnonell (born 18 August 1991 in Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the hammer throw.
She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, narrowly missing the final. Her personal best in the event is 72.40 metres set in Havana in 2015.
Representing | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 9th | 53.14 m | |
2009 | Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 63.92 m |
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | – | NM | |
2014 | Pan American Sports Festival | Mexico City, Mexico | 5th | 68.44 m | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Veracruz, Mexico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 69.62 m | |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 5th | 65.73 m | |
NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 3rd | 69.91 m | ||
World Championships | Beijing, China | 15th (q) | 69.43 m | ||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 32nd (q) | 10.91 m |