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Yoelbi Quesada

 

Yoelbi Quesada

Yoelbi Quesada
Personal information
Full name Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández
Born (1973-08-04) August 4, 1973
Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country  Cuba
Sport Athletics
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  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.

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

Contents

  • Career 1
  • Personal best 2
  • Competition record 3
  • References 4
  • External links 5

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) La Habana, Cuba 1st Triple jump 16.68 m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2nd Triple jump 16.62 m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
1991 Pan American Games La Habana, Cuba 1st Triple jump 17.06 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 7th Triple jump 16.94 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 1st Triple jump 17.04 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 1st Triple jump 16.93 m w (wind: +2.2m/s)
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 6th Triple jump 17.18 m (wind: +1.9 m/s)
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 5th Triple jump 17.06 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 1st Triple jump 17.06 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 12th Triple jump 16.77 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
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 (wind: +1.4 m/s)
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th Triple jump 17.59 m w (wind: +2.6 m/s)
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 3rd Triple jump 17.44 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 1st Triple jump 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Universiade Catania, Italy 1st Triple jump 17.35 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st Triple jump 17.18 m (wind: +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 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st Triple jump 17.19 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
World Championships Seville, Spain 10th Triple jump 16.88 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4th Triple jump 17.37 m SB (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd Triple jump 17.27 m
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd Triple jump 16.78 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
World Championships Saint-Denis, France 9th Triple jump 16.84 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 2nd[1] Triple jump 17.13 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 8th Triple jump 16.96 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 2nd Triple jump 16.87 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)

References

  1. ^ Out of competition performance ineligible for medals.

External links

  • Yoelbi Quesada profile at IAAF
  • Sports reference biography
  • Picture: Yoelbi Quesada, world champion in triple jump in 1997
  • Calixto, Néstor (20 Apr 2009), Cuba, tierra de triplistas (in Spanish),  
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Triple jump
Records
Preceded by
Sergey Bykov 		World Junior Championship record holder – Men's triple jump
19 September 1992 – 27 July 2014 		Succeeded by
Lázaro Martínez
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sergey Bykov 		World Junior Champion – Men's triple jump
19 September 1992 – July 1994 		Succeeded by
Onochie Achike


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