Davisleydi Velazco

Davisleydi Velazco
Personal information
Birth nameDavisleydi Velazco
NationalityCuban
Born (1999-09-04) 4 September 1999 (age 25)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
Medal record
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Freeport Triple jump
IAAF World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere Triple jump

Davisleydi Velazco (born 4 September 1999) is a Cuban athlete who competes in the triple jump. She won bronze at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships.[1]

Career

Her jump of 14.34m on 21 March 2020 was the sixth longest jump in the world that year.[2] At the 2020 Summer Games Velazco finished eighth in her heat with a jump of 14.14 metres.[3] She also finished 8th in her qualifying round at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, jumping 13.94m.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Davisleydi VELAZCO | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ "Triple Jump - women - senior - outdoor - 2020". worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Athletics - Women's Triple Jump results". BBCSport.