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Yipsi Moreno González:

Martillista Cuban. One of the big athletes Cubans of all times. Central American, Pan-American and Worldwide woman champion, and Olympic runner-up. Graduate in Physical Culture and Sports. Councilman of State of the Cuba, designee for the position the April 19, 2018 in the Organizational Meeting of the IX Legislature, in the Palace of Convenciones of Havana.

Biographical synthesis

He was born in on November 19, 1980 the town of Agramonte, in the Oriental Centro province Cuban of Camaguey. It started up in the sport in 1981, although he did not go to 15 years later than he began to stand out nationally, when the West Indian primate of the specialty went bankrupt, behind getting a 64,54-meter shot in 1999, in Havana.

It started at the twelve years practicing Throwing The Discus but trainers decided that it would be better to go into the hammer, a proof women had drawn themselves up to of late years.

In the year 2006 graduated like Licenciada in Physical Culture and Deportes and in 2012 Young Communists'Union granted you the Medal Abel Santamaria for the revolutionary attitude and attained merits in the sport.

Due to maternity it was out of the trainings for a long time but he became reincorporated in the 2011 and Guadalajara obtained the gold in the Pan-American Games 2011, where he established 75.62-meter record.

Councilman of State (2018)

In the Organizational Meeting of the IX Legislature of April 19, 2018, the Members of Parliament elected her as a member of the Advice of State of the Cuba.

Sports race

1997-2000

The first success caught up with it in 1997 when he proclaimed himself Pan-American woman champion in the juvenile category in Havana. A year following he took part in the Juvenile World Championship of Annecy, France, where he classified in fourth position.

Already in category senior, the first important challenge were the Pan-American Games, celebrated in Winnipeg, Canada in 1999 and in which he obtained the silver medal. This made you possible attending the World Championship of Seville in the same year, in which however inexperience did not manage to classify for her final, positioning itself in the position 18.

2000 would be the year of consecration like athlete of worldwide class. He improved your check marks appreciably and for the first time m made in Rhede, Germany were placed between the ten best ones belonging to the worldwide ranking with a throw of 69,36. Besides he took part in the Olympic Games of Sydney where he had one brilliant behavior, and he almost did not win a medal, then positioned himself quarter classified with 68,33 meters, to less than the German Kirsten Münchow's meter, bronze with 69,28 m.

2001-2004

The 2001 confirmed the best expectations that there was on her and for the first time the barrier of the 70 meters managed to surpass. But, most of all, it was a surprise in the World Championships of Edmonton, Canada, winning against all odds the gold medal with your better personal best, 70,65 m, four centimeters more than the Russian favorite Olga Kuzenkova.

In 2002 it continued improving your record, and the best check mark in Madrid made, with 71,47 m, the better quarter of the world that year.

In 2003 dió a new high-quality jump, and accomplished the best season, surpassing all the check marks largely. The woman champion in the Pan-American Games of Saint Dominic with a great throw of 74,25 proclaimed himself m, and the July 17 he made in Savona, Italy, a sensational throw of 75,14 m, that placed her like leader of the year, and the better third class of the whole history in this specialty. In order to complete the year, he proclaimed himself world champion in Paris second time around, with a throw of 73,33 m, proving largely better than the Russian Kuzenkova (silver with 71,71 m.).

2004 was a very important year since they disputed Olympic Games. During the previous months it looked like the maximum favorite was gold, and in fact in April he accomplished in Havana the best personal best, 75,18 again. However in Athens he did not get through so far and only it was able to throw 73,36 m, which is why it was surpassed by the known rival Olga Kuzenkova, that the m knocked 75,05 down, a new Olympic record and he had to resign himself to the silver medal, first Olympic medal that he obtained. For second consecutive year the worldwide ranking of the specialty had the lead.

2005-2008

In 2005 your most important appointment was the World Championship of Helsinki, in Finland and again returned to repeat the same result of the Games of Athens, with Kuzenkova gold medal (75,10 m) and silver medal (73,08 m). Right after the proofs of doping it was verified that Kuzencova had consumed controlled substances and as a consequence was delivered Yipsi the gold medal of the world championship of the 2005 in Helsinki.

During the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008 Yipsi he did a great 75,20-meter throw that was worth your second Olympic silver medal to him. In the competition it was surpassed for the Byelorussian AksanaMiankova who achieved to whip the Olympic record with one of 76,34.

However, in 2016 he confirmed the Byelorussian's doping, which is why the gold medal should pass the Cuban Dark-Colored, what converts her then on Olympic woman champion.

2009-2012

Yipsi Moreno lays 2011 down next to the new Pan-American record gotten in Guadalajara

He cut in on the XIII in September 2011 World Championship of Atletismo in Daegu, South Korea and it ended up in the fourth position with a 74,48-meter throw, your better check mark of the season, only surpassed in that occasion for the Russian Tatyana Lysenko, woman champion with 77.13 meters, the German Betty Heidler (silver with 76.06 m) and the china Wenxiu Zhang, bronze with 75.03 meters. When referred to your behavior he bore witness to the press:

"I am not angry. He had not confronted this season with varied of better, to many the first time that have seen them this year is here and that has not put it easy. He has affected me of rhythm of to point of..

Just before splitting Guadalajara to the Pan-American Toys 2011 your candidacy to Atletas's future Commission of the Sports Pan-American Organization made itself known (ODEPA). In said regional games he imposed himself with a 75,62-meter throw, in order to become Pan-American tri-woman champion.

In February 2012, London advertised your decision of retiring from the active sport after taking part in the Olympic Games 2012:

After London 2012 I will abandon the active sport officially although maybe I am left with one more year to get out of training. I do not assure that I will be in other Pan-American Games because keeping a new Olympic cycle will be very difficult for me.

Ending managed to classify for her Olympic of London and although he achieved a good throw of 74,60; One was ending in which the podium was above the 76 having to resign oneself to in its third Olympics a sixth place.

2013-2016

In 2013 he participated and Cuba of athletics won the gold medal in the wineglass 2013, with a 72.36-meter shot and again advertised your retirement behind the World Championship of Moscow of that year (although it would again keep on competing in 2014):

Yipsi Moreno celebrates his Central American record in Veracruz 2014

"now definitely they can say it that there are no more. With certainty this is my last season. After the World Cup of Moscow it finished. I tried to risk to look for more, because I felt good, and that makes you want to take advantage, but the organism and muscles not yet are ready and make him known".

In June 2013 he obtained bronze medal in the 59 Memorial Janusz Kusocinski, celebrated in Poland with a 73,28-meter shot, surpassed for the German Betty Heidler, (bronze in the Olympic Games of London 2012, universal silver in Daegu 2011 and recordista planetary: 79.42), and of the Polish Anita Wlodarczyk (subtitling under the five British hoops), with 76.48 records and 76.06, respectively.

The July 3 the 2013 succeeded in the Athletic Meeting of Nancy, France, with 73-meter shipment and 26 centimeters, caught up with in his first attempt, in a competition in which he achieved other three throws over the 71 meters.

The August 14 in the XIV World Championship of Atletismo made in Moscow achieved a 71.69-meter brand. Two days after was located at the sixth place between the finalists.

The August 21 accessed the bronze medal in Dubnica NAD Vahom, Slovak Republic, in the stop number 13 of the total of 15, that he had place in the Memorial ZdenkaHrbacka, with a shot 73,30-meter, in proof where the Polish runner-up of London and very recent silver-plated World Cup Anita Wlodarczykova established record for the competition (78.22). In August of this year the Polish, during the IV occupied the fourth position in Warsaw, capital Memorial KamilaSkolimowska, with a shot of (71,00), remaining behind the bronzed North American Amanda Bingson (71,75).

In August 2014 he obtained silver medal in the Sports Pan-American Festivity of Atletismo that was celebrated in Ciudad Mexico, classificatory for the Pan-American Games of Toronto 2015, with a 69.65-meter check mark.

As part of the delegation the Cuban of athletics notified in the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014 won the gold medal with a 71,35-meter throw, that he represented record for the competition (breaking on your own previous check mark Cartagena de Indias), surpassing in the podium your teammate Yurisleidy Ford and to the Colombian Eli Johana Moreno.

Right after conquering the gold medal in the tournament of athletics of the XXII Central American and The Caribbean Games, with seat in the stadium Heriberto Jara, expressed to the reporter of Rebellious Youth « Very Happy with this triumph. For the first time, I came to all my rivals'same level, because in Cuba I dedicated myself to study my mastery and I could not practice as traditionally I make. The record was not in my plans. I went out to win and I insure them that the bigger motivation were the shipments of her also Cuban Yurisleydi Ford, who finished second. I let her my hammer relay and I know that he will make it very well. Now I am going to devote myself to my baby completely, that he needs me

Proven to be sports

He has obtained, besides, numerous successes in Circuitos Challenger and during 15 years he has been illustrious elite universal guest, with the condition of being the only woman martillista, from the insertion of the mode in Sydney 2000, capable of consenting to her ending Olympic in four versions, for in Australia it was quarter (68,33) and in London he finished sixth (74,60).

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