Yordania Corrales | |
Full Name: | Yordania Corrales Camacho |
Birth Date: | 1977 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Discipline: | Rhythmic Gymnastics |
Level: | International Elite |
Natlteam: | 1991-2000 |
Headcoach: | Xiomara Ameller |
Retired: | 2000 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Spouse: | Mario Rodriguez |
Yordania Corrales (born 27 June 1977) is a former Cuban rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's a multiple Pan American champion.
Yordania took up the sport at age 4 and has been the Cuban national champion from 1992 to 1999. She made her international debut at the 1991 Pan American Games where she won gold as part of the group.
In 1995, she competed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, where she won gold in the All-Around, with clubs and with rope, she was also silver medalist in the teams competition.[2]
Two years later Yordania won All-Around, rope, hoop and clubs' gold as well as bronze with ribbon and in teams along Yasleidis Rodriguez and Yamile Sotolongo at the Pan American Championships in MedellĂn.[3] In August she conquered the ribbon final at the University Games in Sicily.[4] Later in the same year she was selected for the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin.
In 1998, she was crowned All-Around, rope, hoop and clubs' champion at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo.[5] The following year she won bronze in the All-Around at the 1999 Pan American Games, and she was then selected for the World Championships in Osaka.[6] [7]
Corrales retired in 2000, in recent years she became a trainer in Colombia.