Yunier Pérez

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][2]

Yunier Pérez
Yunier Pérez in 2015
Personal information
Full nameYunier Pérez Romero
NationalitySpanish
Born (1985-02-16) 16 February 1985
San José de las Lajas, La Habana
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)sprinting
Medal record
CAC Championships
2008 Cali4×400 m relay

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.[3] 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.[4]

Personal bests
Event Points Venue Date
60 metres6.49Moscow, RussiaFebruary 2, 2014
100 metres10.00Madrid, SpainJuly 17, 2017
200 metres20.75Cali, ColombiaJuly 5, 2008
400 metres46.72Havana, CubaJune 3, 2006
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2005 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 2nd 200 m 21.16 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:08.14 min
Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 9th (sf) 200 m 21.13 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 4th 200 m 20.84 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.10 min
Olympic Games Beijing, China 8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.24 min
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 4th 200 m 20.83 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 2nd 100 m 10.37 s (wind: -0.2 m/s)
8th (h) 200 m 21.41 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.86 min
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References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yunier Perez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
  3. Biscayart, Eduardo (7 July 2008). "Cuba takes overall title in Cali; last day of CAC Champs beset by torrential rains". IAAF. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. "Men's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.


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