Cuban triple jumper
Yoelbi Quesada
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) Country Cuba Sport Athletics 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 .
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
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)
^ Out of competition performance ineligible for medals.
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