Cuban hurdler
Daimí Pernía
Full name Daimí Perniá Figueroa Nickname La Nena Born (1976-12-27 ) December 27, 1976 (age 47) La Palma , Pinar del Río Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 66 kg (146 lb) Country Cuba Sport Athletics Updated on 12 June 2013
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Pernía and the second or maternal family name is
Figueroa .
Daimí Pernía Figueroa (born December 27, 1976, in La Palma , Pinar del Río ) is a retired Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles .
A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion. She announced her retirement in 2007.[ 1]
200 m: 23.43 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Camagüey , 27 February 1999
400 m: 51.10 s – Getafe , 10 July 2001
100 m hurdles: 14.31 s – Santiago de Cuba , 4 May 1992
400 m hurdles: 52.89 s – Sevilla , 25 August 1999
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Cuba
1993
Pan American Junior Championships
Winnipeg , Canada
5th (h)
400 m
56.83 s
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
45.84 s
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:59.81 min
1994
World Junior Championships
Lisbon , Portugal
11th (sf)
400m
54.09 s
9th (h)
4 × 100 m relay
46.27 s
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:37.95 min
1995
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Ciudad de Guatemala , Guatemala
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:27.86 min A
1997
Central American and Caribbean Championships
San Juan , Puerto Rico
2nd
400 m hurdles
56.14 s
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
44.73 s
Universiade
Catania , Italy
3rd
400 m hurdles
56.13 s
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:29.00 min
1999
Universiade
Palma de Mallorca , Spain
1st
400 m hurdles
53.95 s
Pan American Games
Winnipeg , Canada
1st
400 m hurdles
53.44 s
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:26.70 min
World Championships
Sevilla , Spain
1st
400 m hurdles
52.89 s
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney , Australia
4th
400 m
53.68 s
8th
4 × 400 m relay
3:29.47 min
2001
World Championships
Edmonton , Canada
3rd
400 m hurdles
54.51 s
9th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:28.68 min
2003
Pan American Games
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
2nd
400 m hurdles
55.10 s
2004
Ibero-American Championships
Huelva , Spain
1st
400 m hurdles
54.84 s
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
20th (h)
400 m hurdles
55.91 s
2006
Central American and Caribbean Games
Cartagena , Colombia
1st
400 m hurdles
55.32 s
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:36.34 min
2007
ALBA Games
Caracas , Venezuela
1st
400 m hurdles
56.98 s
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:38.77 min
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
8th
400 m hurdles
59.71 s
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:27.51 min
World Championships
Osaka , Japan
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:27.05 min
^ Daimí Pernía (in Spanish), EnCaribe, archived from the original on June 20, 2013, retrieved June 12, 2013 {{citation }}
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1977: East Germany (Popp , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1979: East Germany (Kotte , Brehmer , Köhn , Koch )
1981: East Germany (Rübsam , Steuk , Wöckel , Koch )
1985: East Germany (Emmelmann , Busch , Neubauer , Koch )
1989: Americas (Crooks , Davis , Jackson , Quirot )
1992: Americas (Edeh , Crooks , Carabali , Restrepo )
1994: Great Btitain (Smith , Keough , Neef , Gunnell )
1998: Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Urbansky , Breuer )
2002: Americas (Richards , Pernía , Amertil , Guevara )
2006: Americas (S. Williams , Darling , Amertil , N. Williams )
2010: Americas (Williams , Dunn , Wilson , Amertil )
2014: Americas (Day , McCorory , McPherson , Williams-Mills )
1971 : C. Toussaint , E. Stroy , G. Norman , M. Laing (USA )
1975 : J. Yakubowich , M. MacGowan , R. Campbell , J. McTaggart (CAN )
1979 : E. Kelley , S. Dabney , P. Jackson , R. Bryant (USA )
1983 : A. Jackson , J. Brown , E. Gabriel , K. Bolton (USA )
1987 : D. Dixon , R. Stevens , V. Brisco-Hooks , D. Howard (USA )
1991 : J. Miles , M. Malone , N. Kaiser , T. Downing (USA )
1995 : I. Bonne , S. Morales , N. McLeón , J. Duporty (CUB )
1999 : J. Duporty , Z. Calatayud , I. Bonne , D. Pernía (CUB )
2003 : M. Barber , M. Robinson , J. Clay , D. Trotter (USA )
2007 : A. Martínez , D. Pernía , Z. Calatayud , I. Terrero (CUB )
2011 : A. Martínez , D. Peña , S. Clement , D. Bonne (CUB )
2015 : S. Little , K. Jefferson , S. Wimbley , K. Baisden (USA )
2019 : L. Irby , J. Stepter , A. Cockrell , C. Okolo (USA )
2023 : Z. Hechavarría , R. Almanza , S. Diago , L. Veitía (CUB )