Yunisleidy García
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Yunisleidy De La Caridad Garcia Abreu |
Nationality | Cuban |
Born | 18 November 1999 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Sprint |
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Yunisleidy De La Caridad Garcia Abreu (born 11 August 1999) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. A multiple-time national champion, she was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games over 100 metres.[1]
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Early life
Garcia was born in Remedios, part of the Villa Clara Province, Cuba.[2]
Career
In August 2022, she competed at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas where her Cuban 4x100m relay team finished fifth in the final.[3]
In May 2023, she set a new personal best of 11.16 seconds for the 100 metres.[4] She then bettered that in the same weekend to see a new national record over 100 metres, clocking 11.08 seconds in Martinique to beat the previous record set by Liliana Allen in 1992.[5][6] In July 2023, she was a bronze medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, behind winner Julien Alfred.[7] In August 2023, she was named as part of the Cuban squad for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[8]
Competing at the 2023 Pan American Games, she won gold over 100 metres, silver in the 200 metres and gold in the 4x100m relay.[9]
She ran as part of the Cuban 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]
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- Living people
- People from Remedios, Cuba
- Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province
- Cuban female sprinters
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics