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Misleydis González

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Country
  
Role
  
Olympic athlete

Sport
  
Athletics

Height
  
1.86 m

Event(s)
  
Shot Put

Weight
  
83 kg

Name
  
Misleydis Gonzalez



Full name
  
Misleydis Gonzalez Tamayo

Born
  
June 19, 1978 (age 46) (
1978-06-19
)

Lanzamiento de Bala Panamericanos 2007


Misleydis González Tamayo ([misˈleiðis ɣonˈsales]; born June 19, 1978 in Bayamo, Granma) is a female shot putter from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She has represented Cuba at the Summer Olympics three times, coming seventh in 2004 and fourth in 2008, and five times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011)

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She is a two-time Pan American Games champion in the event (2007 and 2011) and a three-time champion at the Central American and Caribbean Championships. She was the bronze medallist at the 2005 Summer Universiade. González placed fourth in the shot put at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • Shot put: 19.50 m Beijing, 16 August 2008
  • Indoor

  • Shot put: 18.86 m Valencia, 28 February 2010
  • References

    Misleydis González Wikipedia


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