Yumileidi Cumbá

Yumileidi Cumbá Jay (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝumiˈlejði kumˈba], also Yumisleidis, born February 11, 1975 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban shot putter.

Yumileidi Cumbá
Personal information
Full nameYumileidi Cumbá Jay
Born (1975-02-11) February 11, 1975
Guantánamo
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)19.97 m
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Shot Put
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
1990 Havana Discus throw
1990 Havana Shot put
Updated on 14 June 2013.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cumbá and the second or maternal family name is Jay.

Career

Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an Olympic gold medal and achieved a new personal best throw.

Her current personal best throw is 19.97 metres, achieved at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Huelva.

Her name is a transliteration of "You Milady", and is in the Cuban tradition of using odd, foreign-born names.

Personal best

Outdoor

  • Shot put: 19.97 m – Huelva, 8 August 2004

Indoor

  • Shot put: 19.31 m – Budapest, 5 March 2004

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) Havana, Cuba 2nd Shot put 14.54 m
1st Discus throw 38.96 m
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, Korea 4th Shot put 17.06 m
1993 Pan American Junior Championships Winnipeg, Canada 1st Shot put 17.55 m
5th Discus throw 42.84 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 2nd Shot put 17.67 m
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 2nd Shot put 18.09 m
1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 3rd Shot put 18.47 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 20th Shot put 15.80 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 13th (q) Shot put 18.55 m
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st Shot put 17.31 m
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 4th Shot put 18.76 m[1]
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 6th Shot put 17.80 m
Universiade Palma, Spain 2nd Shot put 18.70 m
Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 2nd Shot put 18.67 m
World Championships Seville, Spain 6th Shot put 18.44 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 6th Shot put 18.70 m
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 5th Shot put 18.61 m
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 8th Shot put 18.73 m
Universiade Beijing, China 1st Shot put 18.90 m
Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 2nd Shot put 18.41 m
2002 Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st Shot put 18.87 m
World Cup Madrid, Spain 2nd Shot put 19.14 m[1]
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 6th Shot put 19.19 m
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st Shot put 19.31 m
World Championships Paris, France 13th (q) Shot put 17.95 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Shot put 19.31 m
Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 1st Shot put 19.97 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1st Shot put 19.59 m
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st Shot put 18.98 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th Shot put 18.64 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7th Shot put 18.44 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 5th Shot put 18.28 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st Shot put 19.31 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 4th Shot put 18.78 m
World Cup Athens, Greece 3rd Shot put 19.12 m[1]
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 1st Shot put 18.24 m
Pan American Games Rio, Brazil 2nd Shot put 18.28 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 12th Shot put 17.93 m
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd Shot put 18.10 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 20th (q) Shot put 17.60 m

References
  1. Representing the Americas
  2. Biscayart, Eduardo (13 May 2005), Olympic Champion Cumbá - World leader Gregorio to highlight Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix II - Preview, IAAF, retrieved 27 March 2012
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