Yunier Pérez Explained

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Yunier Pérez
Fullname:Yunier Pérez Romero
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:16 February 1985
Birth Place:San José de las Lajas, La Habana
Weight:700NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:sprinting

Yunier Pérez Romero (born February 16, 1985, in San José de las Lajas) is a Cuban track and field athlete, who specializes in sprinting events.[1]

He won gold medals with the Cuban relay team at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with an Olympic qualifying time of 3:02.10.[2] Perez competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, and Yunior Díaz. He ran on the starting leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 45.95 seconds. Perez and his national relay team, however, finished seventh in the preliminary heats, for a total time of 3:02.24, failing to advance into the final round.[3]

Personal bests

EventPointsVenueDate
6.49 Moscow, Russia February 2, 2014
10.00 Madrid, Spain July 17, 2017
20.75 July 5, 2008
46.72 Havana, Cuba June 3, 2006

Achievements

Representing
2005ALBA GamesLa Habana, Cubabgcolor=silver2nd200 m21.16 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:08.14 min
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas9th (sf)200 m21.13 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia4th200 m20.84 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:02.10 min
Olympic GamesBeijing, China8th4 × 400 m relay3:02.24 min
2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsLa Habana, Cuba4th200 m20.83 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spainbgcolor=silver2nd100 m10.37 s (wind: -0.2 m/s)
8th (h)200 m21.41 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:04.86 min

External links

Notes and References

  1. Yunier Perez. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122550/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/yunier-perez-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 8 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Biscayart. Eduardo. Cuba takes overall title in Cali; last day of CAC Champs beset by torrential rains. IAAF. 7 July 2008. 8 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Men's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1 . . 3 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821145746/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM404900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .