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Yamilé Aldama Explained

Birth Date:1972 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Weight:62kg (137lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Pb:15.29 (Rome 2003)
Updated:15 August 2012

Yamilé Aldama Pozo (ar|جميلة الداما; born 14 August 1972) is a Cuban-born triple jumper.

After her are Denia Caballero (1990), Anaysi Hernández (1981), Yaime Pérez (1991), Zulia Calatayud (1979), Elvis Gregory (1971), and Juan Miguel Echevarría (1998).

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In her native Cuba, Yamilé Aldama started as a long- and high jumper before turning her attention to triple jumping in the mid-1990s.

The Daily Telegraph . On that jump, she landed awkwardly and injured her shoulder.[6] She had to compete in the 2012 Olympics, less than a month short of 40 years old, with the injury still finishing fifth.[7]

At the British Athletics Writers' Association awards in October 2012, Aldama collected the BAWAs 2012 Inspiration award.

She represented Sudan again at the 2008 Games but eventually obtained UK citizenship in February 2011 and, a few months later, at the age of 39, became the oldest person to make her Great Britain début, when she competed in the World Championships, where she finished fifth. Yamilé Aldama is the 4,418th most popular athlete (down from 3,824th in 2024), the 270th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yamilé Aldama ranks 4,418 out of 6,025.

5 August 2012. dead.

  • News: Aldama leaps into the record books – but not for winning . As she moved to Great Britain in November 2001, she would not have been eligible for a passport until November 2004, three months after the Olympics. 8 August 2011 . 14 July 2014. She expressed her decision to represent Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and was supported by David Moorcroft.[3] Due to this she did not take part in the 2003 World Championships as this would have hindered her chance to switch allegiance to Great Britain.

    However, in 2004 the British passport agency refused to push forward her application for a passport.

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    She finished sixth in the World Indoor Championships the following year, and in 1999 won the gold medal at the Pan-American Games, and a silver at the World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

    Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Esther. Before her are Iván García (1972), Joan Lino Martínez (1978), Orlando Hernández (1965), Yarisley Silva (1987), Manolo Poulot (1974), and Yasmani Copello (1987).

    Addley. The indoor results have not been ratified as a world record, but later in May she jumped 14.65 at the Rome Diamond League meet to set what is the current record. 28 July 2014 . She announced plans to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and thus became the first athlete to represent four countries.

    She also finished third behind winner Jessica Ennis and Christine Ohuruogu in the placings for "British Athlete of the Year".[8]

    In January 2013, Aldama made the decision to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, making her the first athlete to have competed for four different nations.[9] She achieved the feat by participating in this competition, albeit on behalf of England instead.

    Achievements

    Representing
    1988CAC Junior Championships (U-20)Nassau, Bahamasbgcolor=gold1stHigh jump1.78 m[10]
    4thLong jump5.48 m
    1990CAC Junior Championships (U-20)Havana, Cuba3rdHigh jump1.70 m
    1996Ibero-American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombiabgcolor=gold1stTriple jump14.39 m CR[11]
    1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France6thTriple jump14.28 m
    Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSan Juan, Puerto Rico2ndTriple jump14.12 m w[12]
    World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece13th (q)Triple jump14.09 m   (0.0 m/s)
    1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugalbgcolor=gold1stTriple jump14.07 m
    Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela1stTriple jump14.34 m
    World CupJohannesburg, South Africa3rdTriple jump14.29 m  (0.6 m/s)
    1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan7thTriple jump14.47 m
    World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain2ndTriple jump14.61 m   (−0.4 m/s)
    IAAF Grand Prix FinalMunich, Germany7thTriple jump14.18 m   (−0.2 m/s)
    Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada1stTriple jump14.77 m CR[13]
    2000Olympic GamesSydney4thTriple jump14.30 m   (−0.9 m/s)
    2003World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco2ndTriple jump14.99 m   (0.2 m/s)
    Representing
    2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndTriple jump14.90 m
    African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Congo1stTriple jump14.90 m[14]
    Olympic GamesAthens, Greece5thTriple jump14.99 m   (0.1 m/s)
    World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco3rdTriple jump14.92 m   (0.2 m/s)
    2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4thTriple jump14.72 m   (0.8 m/s)
    World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco6thTriple jump14.26 m   (0.8 m/s)
    2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia3rdTriple jump14.86 m
    African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritiusbgcolor=gold 1stTriple jump14.71 m w   (2.6 m/s)[15]
    World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany3rdTriple jump14.67 m   (−0.1 m/s)
    World CupAthens, Greece3rdTriple jump14.78 m   (1.0 m/s)
    2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeriabgcolor=gold 1stTriple jump14.46 m[16]
    World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany4thTriple jump14.41 m   (0.3 m/s)
    Pan Arab GamesCairo, Egypt2ndHigh jump1.77 m[17]
    2ndLong jump6.05 m
    World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan12th (q)Triple jump13.46 m   (−0.2 m/s)
    2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain5thTriple jump14.47 m
    African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia2ndTriple jump14.36 m SB[18]
    2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th (q)Triple jump14.11 m   (0.1 m/s)
    World Athletics FinalThessaloniki, Greece4thTriple jump14.39 m   (−1.0 m/s)
    2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar19th (q)Triple jump12.41 m
    Representing
    2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea5thTriple jump14.50 m   (0.4 m/s)
    2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkeybgcolor=gold 1stTriple jump14.82 m
    Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom5thTriple jump14.48 m   (−0.6 m/s)
    2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6thTriple jump13.95 m[19]
    European Team ChampionshipsGateshead, United Kingdom4thTriple jump13.90 m +1.7[20]
    2014European Team ChampionshipsBraunschweig, Germany6thTriple jump13.31 m +0.4[21]
    Representing
    2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom7th (q)Triple jump13.29 m[22]

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Focus on Athletes – Yamilé Aldama .

      . 4 September 2011.

    2. News: Hannah England's injury tops Charles van Commenee's concerns in Rome.