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Cuban athlete
Yorgelis Rodríguez
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Full name | Yorgelis Rodríguez García |
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Born | (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29)
Guantánamo,
Cuba |
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Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
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Country |
Cuba |
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Sport |
Athletics |
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Event |
Combined events |
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Updated on 2 March 2018 |
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is
García.
Yorgelis Rodríguez García (born 25 January 1995) is a Cuban
track and field athlete specialising in the
heptathlon.
[1]
[2]
[3] She represented her country at the
2013 World Championships finishing twelfth overall. Earlier she won several medals at the World Junior and Youth Championships, including the gold at the
2012 World Junior Championships.
She was the gold medalist at the
2015 Pan American Games. She competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics.
[4]
Competition record
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
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Representing
Cuba
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2011
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World Youth Championships
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Lille, France
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2nd
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Heptathlon (youth)
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5671 pts
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2012
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Pan American Combined Events Cup
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Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada
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1st
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Heptathlon
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5819 pts
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World Junior Championships
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Barcelona, Spain
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1st
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Heptathlon
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5966 pts
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2013
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Pan American Combined Events Cup
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Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada
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1st
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Heptathlon
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5947 pts
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World Championships
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Moscow, Russia
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12th
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Heptathlon
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6148 pts
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2014
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World Junior Championships
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Eugene, United States
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16th (q)
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High jump
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1.79 m
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2nd
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Heptathlon
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6006 pts
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Central American and Caribbean Games
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Veracruz, Mexico
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1st
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Heptathlon
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5984 pts
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2015
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Pan American Combined Events Cup
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Ottawa,
Canada
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1st
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Heptathlon
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6068 pts
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Pan American Games
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Toronto, Canada
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1st
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Heptathlon
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6332 pts
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World Championships
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Beijing, China
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21st
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Heptathlon
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5932 pts
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2016
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Olympic Games
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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7th
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Heptathlon
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6452 pts
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2017
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World Championships
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London,
United Kingdom
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4th
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Heptathlon
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6594 pts
NR
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2018
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World Indoor Championships
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Birmingham, United Kingdom
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13th
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High jump
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1.84 m
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3rd
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Pentathlon
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4637 pts
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Central American and Caribbean Games
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Barranquilla, Colombia
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1st
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Heptathlon
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6436 pts
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2019
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Pan American Games
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Lima, Peru
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–
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Heptathlon
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DNF
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2021
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Olympic Games
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Tokyo, Japan
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–
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Heptathlon
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DNF
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Personal bests
Outdoor
Indoor
References
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^
Yorgelis Rodríguez at
World Athletics
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^ Iglesias Manresa, Harold (23 July 2014),
Yorgelis Rodríguez: La fórmula para ser la más completa es… (in Spanish), CubaSi.cu, retrieved January 9, 2015
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^ Bosch Cascaret, Adriel (18 December 2014),
Aquí van los mejores atletas de Guantánamo en el 2014 (in Spanish), Desde este lado de la Isla - De Guantánamo al Mundo, retrieved January 9, 2015
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^
"Athletics RODRIGUEZ Yorgelis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from
the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
External links
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- 1970 – 1978: Pentathlon
- 1982 – 2006: Heptathlon
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