Birth Date: | November 25, 1973 |
Yoel García Luis (born November 25, 1973, in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud) is a Cuban triple jumper who he won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, equalling his personal best with 17.47. His first Olympics was the one of 1996, where he finished 20th in the qualification round.
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1995 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 3rd | 17.21 m (w) | |||
Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | 17.16 m | ||||
1996 | Atlanta, United States | 20th (q) | 16.62 m | |||
1997 | Paris, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 17.30 m | ||
San Juan, Puerto Rico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 17.28 m (w) | |||
Athens, Greece | 15th (q) | 16.79 m | ||||
1999 | Seville, Spain | 21st (q) | 16.56 m | |||
2000 | Sydney, Australia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 17.47 m | ||
2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 4th | 17.40 m | |||
2004 | Huelva, Spain | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 16.59 m |