Denia Caballero

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Denia Caballero
Personal information
Born (1990-01-13) January 13, 1990 (age 34)
Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  Cuba
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijng Discus throw
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mayagüez Discus throw
Updated on 25 August 2015.

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Ponce.

Denia Caballero Ponce (born 13 January 1990) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. She has a personal best of 70.65 metres for the event. She was the Central American and Caribbean champion in 2011 and the 2011 Pan American Games bronze medallist.[2]

Career

Born in Caibarién, Villa Clara Province,[3] she took part in track and field as a teenager and at the age of eighteen she cleared fifty metres in the javelin for the first time, setting a personal best mark of 52.10 m,[4] and became the Cuban junior champion.[5] In 2009 she had a succession of personal bests including 56.91 m for fourth at the 2009 ALBA Games and 57.21 m at a meeting in Havana.[4][6]

Caballero came third at both the Barrientos Memorial and Olimpiada del Deporte Cubano in Havana in 2010 (improving her best mark to 59.30 then 59.92 m).[7] Havana was again the venue for her first throw over sixty metres in 2011, as she had a mark of 60.50 m then won the Barrientos meet a week later with a best of 62.94 m.[8] This earned her a spot at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and she reached the final round, finishing ninth with a mark of 60.73 m.[4] She had much success regionally that year, winning the gold medal at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics,[9] as well as a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games (an event won by fellow Cuban Yarelys Barrios).[10][11]

A throw of 65.60 m in March 2012 lifted her to fourth in the world rankings and she was later chosen to perform in the discus alongside Barrios in 2012 Cuban Olympic squad.[12][13]

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
Discus throw 70.65 m Spain Bilbao 20 June 2015
Hammer throw 64.32 m Cuba La Habana 8 Feb 2008

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba] 4th Discus 56.91 m
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st Discus 62.06 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 9th Discus 60.73 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, [Mexico 3rd Discus 58.63 m A
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 27th (q) Discus 58.78 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 8th Discus 62.80 m
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico 1st Discus 62.19 m A
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 1st Discus 64.47 m A
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 1st Discus 65.39 m
World Championships Beijing, China 1st Discus 69.28 m

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Denia Caballero. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Caballero Denia. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  5. ↑ Outdoors Jul-Dec 2008. World Junior Athletics News. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  6. ↑ III Juegos de ALBA 2009 (Spanish). Atletismo Peruano. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  7. ↑ Denia Caballero Ponce. Olimpiada Cubana. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  8. ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2011-05-29). New talents emerge at Barrientos Memorial in Havana. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  9. ↑ Atletismo: Denia Caballero, primer oro de Cuba en Centroamericanos (Spanish). TV Yumuri. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  10. ↑ Cubanos Robles y Barrios suman oros y récords. JIT (2011-10-21). Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Montesinos, Enrique (2012-04-04). Yarelis Barrios – A great among the greats. Granma International. Retrieved on 2012-07-26.
  13. ↑ Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-16.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's Discus Best Year Performance
2015		 Succeeded by
[to be determined][needs update]
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