Yoelbi Quesada

Yoelbi Quesada
Personal information
Full nameYoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández
Born (1973-08-04) August 4, 1973
Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Triple jump
World Championships
1997 Athens Triple jump
World Indoor Championships
1995 Barcelona Triple jump
2003 Birmingham Triple jump
Pan American Games
1991 Havana Triple jump
1995 Mar del Plata Triple jump
1999 Winnipeg Triple jump
2003 Santo Domingo Triple jump
World Junior Championships
1992 Seoul Triple Jump
1990 Plovdiv Triple Jump
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
1990 Havana Triple jump
Updated on 30 May 2013
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quesada and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoˈelβi keˈsaða]; born August 4, 1973, in Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump.

Career

He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.

Personal best

  • Triple jump: 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Athens, 8 August 1997

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
1990 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U-20) 		Havana, Cuba 1st Triple jump 16.68 m (+1.2 m/s)
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2nd Triple jump 16.62 m (+1.2 m/s)
1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 1st Triple jump 17.06 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 7th Triple jump 16.94 m (-0.4 m/s)
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 1st Triple jump 17.04 m (+0.4 m/s)
Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 1st Triple jump 16.93 m w (+2.2 m/s)
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 6th Triple jump 17.18 m (+1.9 m/s)
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 5th Triple jump 17.06 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 12th Triple jump 16.77 m (-0.1 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 1st Triple jump 17.06 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Triple jump 17.62 m
Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st Triple jump 17.67 m (+1.4 m/s)
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th Triple jump 17.59 m w (+2.6 m/s)
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 3rd Triple jump 17.44 m (+0.2 m/s)
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 1st Triple jump 17.85 m (+0.9 m/s)
Universiade Catania, Italy 1st Triple jump 17.35 m (-0.3 m/s)
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st Triple jump 17.18 m (+0.7 m/s)
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 4th Triple jump 16.92 m
Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1st Triple jump 17.40 m (+0.1 m/s)
Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st Triple jump 17.19 m (+0.6 m/s)
World Championships Seville, Spain 10th Triple jump 16.88 m (+0.4 m/s)
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4th Triple jump 17.37 m SB (+0.3 m/s)
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd Triple jump 17.27 m
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 3rd Triple jump 16.78 m (-0.4 m/s)
World Championships Saint-Denis, France 9th Triple jump 16.84 m (-0.1 m/s)
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 2nd[1] Triple jump 17.13 m (+0.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 8th Triple jump 16.96 m (+0.9 m/s)
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 2nd Triple jump 16.87 m (+0.0 m/s)

References

  1. ^ Out of competition performance ineligible for medals.
  • Yoelbi Quesada at World Athletics
  • Yoelbi Quesada at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  • Picture: Yoelbi Quesada, world champion in triple jump in 1997
  • Calixto, Néstor (20 Apr 2009), Cuba, tierra de triplistas (in Spanish), CACAC, archived from the original on 2009-08-05, retrieved Mar 25, 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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