Yeimer López
Cuban runner (born 1982)
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Full name | Yeimer López García | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-08-28) August 28, 1982 (age 41) Buey Arriba, Granma | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 5 June 2013 |
Yeimer López García (born August 28, 1982, in Buey Arriba, Granma)[1] is a middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004.
He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. López is the twin brother (fraternal) of female sprinter Ana López.
Personal bests
- 400 m: 45.11 s – Saint-Denis, 24 August 2003
- 400 m (indoor): 47.98 s – Sabadell, 22 January 2011
- 800 m: 1:43.07 min – Jerez de la Frontera, 24 June 2008
International competitions
References
External links
- Yeimer López at World Athletics
- Yeimer López at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tilastopaja biography
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- 1951: Mal Whitfield (USA)
- 1955: Arnie Sowell (USA)
- 1959: Tom Murphy (USA)
- 1963: Don Bertoia (CAN)
- 1967: Wade Bell (USA)
- 1971: Ken Swenson (USA)
- 1975: Luis Medina (CUB)
- 1979: James Robinson (USA)
- 1983: Agberto Guimarães (BRA)
- 1987: Johnny Gray (USA)
- 1991: Ocky Clark (USA)
- 1995: José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)
- 1999: Johnny Gray (USA)
- 2003: Achraf Tadili (CAN)
- 2007: Yeimer López (CUB)
- 2011: Andy González (CUB)
- 2015: Clayton Murphy (USA)
- 2019: Marco Arop (CAN)
- 2023: José Antonio Maita (VEN)
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