About Yaimé Pérez
Born 1991. Yaimé Pérez is a Cuban athletics competitor.
Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born 29 May 1991) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the discus throw. In 2022, she defected to the United States.
Pérez won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She defected to the United States while on a stopover in Miami, after performing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she placed seventh in the competition. Following her defection, Pérez began training under coach Dane Miller. At the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting in Ramona on 13 April 2024, Pérez achieved the world's longest women's discus throw since 1989, clocking in at 73.09m.
Personal bests Shot put: (2008) Discus throw: (2024)
International competitions 1Representing the Americas
2No mark in the final
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Cuban athletics competitor
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Yaimé Pérez was born on 29 May 1991 in Santiago de Cuba.
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