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Yoelbi Quesada
Cuban triple jumper
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.
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Full name | Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández |
Born | (1973-08-04) August 4, 1973 (age 50) Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
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Country | Cuba |
Sport | Athletics |
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Updated on 30 May 2013. |
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quesada and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.
- Triple jump: 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Athens, 8 August 1997
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- 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
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Preceded by | World Junior Championship record holder – Men's triple jump 19 September 1992 – 27 July 2014 |
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Preceded by | World Junior Champion – Men's triple jump 19 September 1992 – July 1994 |
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