Yorgelis Rodríguez García (born 25 January 1995) is a Cuban track and field athlete specialising in the heptathlon.[1][2][3] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships finishing twelfth overall. Earlier she won several medals at the World Junior and Youth Championships, including the gold at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
 Rodríguez at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yorgelis Rodríguez García |
| Born | 25 January 1995 Guantánamo, Cuba |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Combined events |
| Updated on 2 March 2018 | |
She was the gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Competition record
editPersonal bests
editOutdoor
- 200 metres – 23.96 (-0.6 m/s) (Götzis 2018)
- 800 metres – 2:10.48 (London 2017)
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.48 (+0.3 m/s) (Götzis 2018)
- High jump – 1.95 (London 2017)
- Long jump – 6.50 (+1.4 m/s) (Bilbao 2017)
- Shot put – 14.95 (Götzis 2018)
- Javelin throw – 49.56 (Götzis 2021)
- Heptathlon – 6742 NR (Götzis 2018)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 2:17.70 (Birmingham 2018)
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.57 (Birmingham 2018)
- High jump – 1.88 (Birmingham 2018)
- Long jump – 6.29 (Sabadell 2018)
- Shot put – 14.15 (Birmingham 2018)
- Pentathlon – 4637 NR (Birmingham 2018)
References
edit- ^ Yorgelis Rodríguez at World Athletics
- ^ Iglesias Manresa, Harold (23 July 2014), Yorgelis Rodríguez: La fórmula para ser la más completa es… (in Spanish), CubaSi.cu, retrieved January 9, 2015
- ^ Bosch Cascaret, Adriel (18 December 2014), Aquí van los mejores atletas de Guantánamo en el 2014 (in Spanish), Desde este lado de la Isla - De Guantánamo al Mundo, retrieved January 9, 2015
- ^ "Athletics RODRIGUEZ Yorgelis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
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