Yarelys Barrios

Yarelys Barrios Castañeda (also Yarelis Barrios Castañeda; born July 12, 1983 in Pinar del Río) is a female discus thrower from Cuba.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Barrios and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.

Yarelys Barrios

Barrios at the 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Full name	Yarelis Barrios Castañeda
Born	(1983-07-12) July 12, 1983 Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2012 London Discus throw Disqualified 2008 Beijing Discus throw World Championships 2007 Osaka Discus throw 2009 Berlin Discus throw 2011 Daegu Discus throw 2013 Moscow Discus throw Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw Universiade 2007 Bangkok Discus throw

Barrios (right) at the 2007 World Championships

Career

She won the Diamond Race in the women's discus throw of the IAAF Diamond League both in 2010 and in 2011.

She won the 2012 Cuban National Championships with a personal best throw of 68.03 metres.[1]

Barrios finished the Olympic discus competition in 2008 in the second place, but was disqualified by the IOC on September 1, 2016 because of doping due to a sample reanalysis which resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance Acetazolamide.[2]

Barrios sold her Olympic silver medal on auction site, eBay, for unknown reasons, and it was bought for $11,000 (£9,000).[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
2005	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	1st	Discus	60.41 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	Discus	56.59 m
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	Discus	58.22 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	Discus	63.90 m (=PB)
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Discus	61.72 m
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	Discus	61.36 m
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	Discus	62.87 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	DSQ (2nd)	Discus	63.64 m
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Discus	63.24 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Discus	62.10 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	Discus	65.31 m
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	Discus	59.96 m
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	3rd	Discus	62.58 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	Discus	65.73 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1st	Discus	66.40 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	3rd	Discus	66.38 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	Discus	64.96 m

• Barrios originally finished 4th in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she moved up a position after Darya Pishchalnikova was disqualified for testing positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone.

References

1. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-03-27). "Barrios throws 68.03m in Havana". IAAF. Retrieved 2012-03-29. Yarelis Barrios
2. "IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008". IOC. 2016-09-01. Yarelys BARRIOS
3. "Original Second Place Silver Winner Summer Olympic Medal Beijing 2008 Athletics". eBay. 2016-06-06.

External links

• Yarelis Barrios at World Athletics
• Yarelis Barrios at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Tilastopaja biography
• Yarelis Barrios Castañeda at EcuRed (in Spanish)