Misleydis González
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Full name | Misleydis González Tamayo |
Born | (1978-06-19) June 19, 1978 (age 45) Bayamo, Granma |
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
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Country | Cuba |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot Put |
Updated on 26 June 2013 |
Misleydis González Tamayo (Spanish pronunciation: [misˈlejðis ɣonˈsales]; born June 19, 1978, in Bayamo, Granma) is a female shot putter from Cuba.[1] 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 second in 2008, and five times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011)
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
International competition record
References
- ^ XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
External links
- Misleydis González at World Athletics
- Misleydis González at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tilastopaja biography
- Picture of Misleydis González
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- 1951: Ingeborg Mello (ARG)
- 1955: Not held
- 1959: Earlene Brown (USA)
- 1963: Nancy McCredie (CAN)
- 1967: Nancy McCredie (CAN)
- 1971: Lynn Graham (USA)
- 1975: María Elena Sarría (CUB)
- 1979: María Elena Sarría (CUB)
- 1983: María Elena Sarría (CUB)
- 1987: Ramona Pagel (USA)
- 1991: Belsy Laza (CUB)
- 1995: Connie Price-Smith (USA)
- 1999: Connie Price-Smith (USA)
- 2003: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)
- 2007: Misleydis González (CUB)
- 2011: Misleydis González (CUB)
- 2015: Cleopatra Borel (TTO)
- 2019: Danniel Thomas-Dodd (JAM)
- 2023: Sarah Mitton (CAN)
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