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Silinda Morales
Personal information
NationalityCuban
Born (2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 25)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestDiscus: 67.25 m (Tokyo, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Tokyo Discus throw
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere Discus throw
World U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nairobi Discus throw
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali-Valle Discus throw

Silinda Morales (born 30 August 2000) is a Cuban discus thrower. She won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships and was world under-18 champion in 2017.[1]

Career

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Morales won the discus throw at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.[2] The following year, she was a bronze medalist at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[3][4]

She won the gold medal at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.[5]

She was a finalist at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, placing eleventh overall.[6][7] She competed for Cuba at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France but did not reach the final.[8]

In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the final with a throw of 63.22 metres, before winning the bronze medal with a personal best throw of 67.25 metres.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Silinda Morales". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Report: girls' discus – IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017". World Athletics. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ^ "IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Cuban Silinda Morales Wins Bronze in IAAF U20 World Championships". escambray. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 Sep 2025.
  5. ^ "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 4 Dec 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. ^ "More Cuban finalists at world athletics championships". Radiohc.cu. Retrieved 13 Sep 2025.
  7. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  8. ^ "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 13 Sep 2025.
  9. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Sandra Elkasević no medal! Allman gold, Cuban woman causes sensation". net.hr. 14 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.