Leyanis Pérez
 Leyanis Pérez in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Leyanis Perez Hernandez | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leyanis Pérez Hernández (born 10 January 2002) is a Cuban athlete who competes in the triple jump.[1] She finished third at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[2]
Her jump of 14.15m on 21 March 2020 was the fifteenth longest jump in the world that year,[3] and the world leading distance by a junior.[4]
She made the qualifying mark for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in May 2021 by jumping 14.46m (wind assisted) and then 14.32m.[5]
References
- ^ "Athlete Profile - Leyanis Pérez". WorldAthletics.org.
- ^ "Rojas rockets to record third world triple jump title in Oregon | REPORT | WCH 22 | World Athletics".
- ^ "Triple Jump Women - Senior Outdoor 2020". WorldAthletics.org.
- ^ "Triple Jump Women - U20 Outdoor 2020". WorldAthletics.org.
- ^ "Triplista Leyanis Pérez se convierte en la octava pinareña clasificada a Tokio". rguama.icrt.cu (in Spanish). 27 May 2021.
