Daimí Pernía
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Full name | Daimí Perniá Figueroa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | La Nena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | La Palma, Pinar del Río | December 27, 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 12 June 2013. |
Template:Spanish name Daimí Pernía Figueroa (born December 27, 1976 in La Palma, Pinar del Río) is a retired Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion. She announced her retirement in 2007.[1][2]
Personal bests
- 200 m: 23.43 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Camagüey, 27 February 1999
- 400 m: 51.10 s – Getafe, 10 July 2001
- 100 m hurdles: 14.31 s – Santiago de Cuba, 4 May 1992
- 400 m hurdles: 52.89 s – Sevilla, 25 August 1999
Achievements
References
- ^ Daimí Pernía Figueroa (in Spanish), EcuRed, retrieved June 12, 2013
- ^ Daimí Pernía (in Spanish), EnCaribe, retrieved June 12, 2013
External links
- Daimí Pernía at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daimí Pernía". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
- Tilastopaja biography
- Ecured biography (in Spanish)
Categories:
- Cuban female hurdlers
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Cuban athletics biography stubs