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Full name
  
Yumileidi Cumba Jay

Sport
  
Athletics

Height
  
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Event(s)
  
Shot put

Weight
  
85 kg (187 lb)

Name
  
Yumileidi Cumba

Country
  
Cuba


Born
  
February 11, 1975 (age 49) (
1975-02-11
)
Guantanamo

Yumileidi Cumbá Jay also Yumisleidis ([ʝumiˈleiði kumˈba]; born February 11, 1975 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban shot putter.

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Career

Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an Olympic gold medal and achieved a new personal best throw.

Her current personal best throw is 19.97 metres, achieved at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Huelva.

Her name is a transliteration of "You Milady", and is in the Cuban tradition of using odd, foreign-born names.

Personal best

Outdoor

  • Shot put: 19.97 m – Huelva, 8 August 2004

    • Indoor

  • Shot put: 19.31 m – Budapest, 5 March 2004

    • References

    Yumileidi Cumbá Wikipedia
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