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Yarelys Barrios

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Yarelys Barrios
Barrios at the 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Full nameYarelis Barrios Castañeda
Born (1983-07-12) July 12, 1983 (age 41)
Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
EventDiscus
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Discus throw
Disqualified 2008 Beijing Discus throw
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka Discus throw
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Daegu Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Discus throw
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok Discus throw
Barrios (right) at the 2007 World Championships

Yarelys Barrios Castañeda (also Yarelis Barrios Castañeda; born July 12, 1983, in Pinar del Río) is a discus thrower from Cuba.

Career

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She won the Diamond Race in the women's discus throw of the IAAF Diamond League both in 2010 and in 2011.

She won the 2012 Cuban National Championships with a personal best throw of 68.03 metres.[1]

Barrios finished the Olympic discus competition in 2008 in the second place, but was disqualified by the IOC on September 1, 2016, because of doping due to a sample reanalysis which resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance Acetazolamide.[2]

Barrios sold her Olympic silver medal on auction site, eBay, for unknown reasons, and it was bought for $11,000 (£9,000).[3]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2005 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 1st Discus 60.41 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st Discus 56.59 m
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd Discus 58.22 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd Discus 63.90 m (=PB)
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Discus 61.72 m
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 1st Discus 61.36 m
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 1st Discus 62.87 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China DSQ (2nd) Discus 63.64 m
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 2nd Discus 63.24 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 1st Discus 62.10 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd Discus 65.31 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 2nd Discus 59.96 m
Continental Cup Split, Croatia 3rd Discus 62.58 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 3rd Discus 65.73 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st Discus 66.40 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 3rd Discus 66.38 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd Discus 64.96 m
  • Barrios originally finished 4th in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she moved up a position after Darya Pishchalnikova was disqualified for testing positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone.

References

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  1. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (March 27, 2012). "Barrios throws 68.03m in Havana". IAAF. Retrieved March 29, 2012. Yarelis Barrios
  2. ^ "IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008". IOC. September 1, 2016. Yarelys BARRIOS
  3. ^ "Original Second Place Silver Winner Summer Olympic Medal Beijing 2008 Athletics". eBay. June 6, 2016.
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