Silinda Morales
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Born | 30 August 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus: 67.25 m (Tokyo, 2025) |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Silinda Morales". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Report: girls' discus – IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017". World Athletics. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Cuban Silinda Morales Wins Bronze in IAAF U20 World Championships". escambray. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 4 Dec 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "More Cuban finalists at world athletics championships". Radiohc.cu. Retrieved 13 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 13 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Sandra Elkasević no medal! Allman gold, Cuban woman causes sensation". net.hr. 14 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 Sep 2025.
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