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Yirisleydi Ford

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Yirisleydi Ford
Personal information
Full nameYirisleydi Lisbet Ford Carnonell
Born (1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 33)
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventHammer throw
Updated on 29 August 2015

Yirisleydi Lisbet Ford Carnonell (born 18 August 1991 in Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the hammer throw.[3]

She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, narrowly missing the final.

Her personal best in the event is 72.40 metres set in Havana in 2015.

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Cuba
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 9th 53.14 m
2009 Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 63.92 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada NM
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico 5th 68.44 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz, Mexico 2nd 69.62 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 5th 65.73 m
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 3rd 69.91 m
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (q) 69.43 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (q) 10.91 m

References

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  1. ^ Joaquín Gómez Serra (25 August 2015). "La espirituana Yirisleydis Ford debuta en mundial de atletismo" [Spiritus' Yirisleydis Ford makes her athletics debut at the Worlds] (in Spanish). Radio Sancti Spíritus. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ 2015 PanAm Games profile
  3. ^ Yirisleydi Ford at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
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