Yenima Arencibia

Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born 25 December 1984) is a Cuban sprint hurdler.

Career Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds. She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia's Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.

Personal bests Outdoor EventPointsVenueDate100 metres 11.80 Alcalá de Henares, Spain 7 July 2007100 metres hurdles 12.95 Cali, Colombia 5 July 2008

Indoor EventPointsVenueDate60 metres hurdles 8.09 Valencia, Spain 10 February 200760 metres hurdles 8.09 Chemnitz, Germany 23 February 2007 All information taken from IAAF profile.

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