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Cuban javelin thrower
Osleidys Menéndez
Full name Osleidys Menéndez Sáez Born November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14 ) (age 44)
Martí ,
Matanzas , Cuba Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Country
Cuba Sport
Track and field Event
Javelin throw Personal bests
NACACR 71.70 m (2006)Updated on 17 June 2013.
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is
Sáez .
Osleidys Menéndez Sáez (Spanish pronunciation:
[osˈlejðis meˈnendes ˈsaes] ; born November 14, 1979) is a retired Cuban
track and field athlete who competed in the
javelin throw . She was a World and Olympic Champion, and
held the world record from 2001 to 2008 . Her personal best of 71.70 m remains the
North, Central American and Caribbean record and ranks her
third on the overall list .
When winning the 2005 World Athletics Championships, Menéndez broke her own world record with a throw of 71.70 m. This record was broken by Olympic champion
Barbora Špotáková in September 2008 with a throw of 72.28 m.
She won the Cuban National Games in 2004.
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Personal bests
Javelin throw: 71.70 m –
Helsinki , 14 August 2005
International competitions
Representing
Cuba
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
1994
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)
Port of Spain ,
Trinidad and Tobago
1st
Javelin
47.32 m
1995
Pan American Junior Championships
Santiago ,
Chile
1st
Javelin
51.30 m
1996
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)
San Salvador ,
El Salvador
1st
Javelin
59.98 m
World Junior Championships
Sydney ,
Australia
1st
Javelin
60.96 m
1997
Pan American Junior Championships
La Habana ,
Cuba
1st
Javelin
61.76 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships
San Juan ,
Puerto Rico
1st
Javelin
63.08 m
World Championships
Athens ,
Greece
7th
Javelin
63.76 m
1998
Central American and Caribbean Games
Maracaibo ,
Venezuela
2nd
Javelin
62.06 m
World Junior Championships
Annecy ,
France
1st
Javelin
68.17 m
1999
Pan American Games
Winnipeg ,
Canada
1st
Javelin
65.85 m
World Championships
Seville ,
Spain
4th
Javelin
64.61 m
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney ,
Australia
3rd
Javelin
66.18 m
2001
World Championships
Edmonton ,
Canada
1st
Javelin
69.53 m CR
Universiade
Beijing ,
PR China
1st
Javelin
69.82 m UR
Goodwill Games
Brisbane ,
Australia
1st
Javelin
66.14 m
2002
IAAF World Cup
Madrid ,
Spain
1st
Javelin
64.41 m
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2003
Pan American Games
Santo Domingo ,
Dominican Republic
3rd
Javelin
60.20 m
World Championships
Paris ,
France
5th
Javelin
62.19 m
2004
Ibero-American Championships
Huelva ,
Spain
1st
Javelin
66.99 m CR
Olympic Games
Athens ,
Greece
1st
Javelin
71.53 m OR
IAAF World Athletics Final
Fontvieille ,
Monaco
1st
Javelin
66.20 m
2005
World Championships
Helsinki ,
Finland
1st
Javelin
71.70 m WR
IAAF World Athletics Final
Fontvieille ,
Monaco
1st
Javelin
67.24 m
2006
Central American and Caribbean Games
Cartagena ,
Colombia
2nd
Javelin
59.94 m
2007
ALBA Games
Caracas ,
Venezuela
2nd
Javelin
58.98 m
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil
1st
Javelin
62.34 m SB
2008
Olympic Games
Beijing ,
PR China
6th
Javelin
63.35 m
2009
ALBA Games
La Habana ,
Cuba
2nd
Javelin
58.09 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Havana ,
Cuba
2nd
Javelin
59.68 m
World Championships
Berlin ,
Germany
7th
Javelin
63.11 m
IAAF World Athletics Final
Thessaloniki ,
Greece
5th
Javelin
59.93 m
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