Cuban triple jumper (born 1973)
Yoelbi Quesada
Full name Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández Born (1973-08-04 ) August 4, 1973 (age 51) Trinidad , Sancti Spíritus Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 83 kg (183 lb) Country Cuba Sport Athletics Updated on 30 May 2013
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Quesada and the second or maternal family name is
Fernández .
Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝoˈelβi keˈsaða] ; born August 4, 1973, in Trinidad , Sancti Spíritus ) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump .
He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.
Triple jump: 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Athens , 8 August 1997 Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Cuba 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Havana , Cuba 1st Triple jump 16.68 m (+1.2 m/s) World Junior Championships Plovdiv , Bulgaria 2nd Triple jump 16.62 m (+1.2 m/s) 1991 Pan American Games Havana , Cuba 1st Triple jump 17.06 m World Championships Tokyo , Japan 7th Triple jump 16.94 m (-0.4 m/s) 1992 World Junior Championships Seoul , South Korea 1st Triple jump 17.04 m (+0.4 m/s) Ibero-American Championships Seville , Spain 1st Triple jump 16.93 m w (+2.2 m/s) Olympic Games Barcelona , Spain 6th Triple jump 17.18 m (+1.9 m/s) 1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto , Canada 5th Triple jump 17.06 m World Championships Stuttgart , Germany 12th Triple jump 16.77 m (-0.1 m/s) Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce , Puerto Rico 1st Triple jump 17.06 m 1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona , Spain 2nd Triple jump 17.62 m Pan American Games Mar del Plata , Argentina 1st Triple jump 17.67 m (+1.4 m/s) World Championships Gothenburg , Sweden 4th Triple jump 17.59 m w (+2.6 m/s) 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta , United States 3rd Triple jump 17.44 m (+0.2 m/s) 1997 World Championships Athens , Greece 1st Triple jump 17.85 m (+0.9 m/s) Universiade Catania , Italy 1st Triple jump 17.35 m (-0.3 m/s) 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo , Venezuela 1st Triple jump 17.18 m (+0.7 m/s) 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi , Japan 4th Triple jump 16.92 m Universiade Palma de Mallorca , Spain 1st Triple jump 17.40 m (+0.1 m/s) Pan American Games Winnipeg , Canada 1st Triple jump 17.19 m (+0.6 m/s) World Championships Seville , Spain 10th Triple jump 16.88 m (+0.4 m/s) 2000 Olympic Games Sydney , Australia 4th Triple jump 17.37 m SB (+0.3 m/s) 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham , United Kingdom 3rd Triple jump 17.27 m Pan American Games Santo Domingo , Dom. Rep. 3rd Triple jump 16.78 m (-0.4 m/s) World Championships Saint-Denis , France 9th Triple jump 16.84 m (-0.1 m/s) 2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva , Spain 2nd[ 1] Triple jump 17.13 m (+0.5 m/s) Olympic Games Athens , Greece 8th Triple jump 16.96 m (+0.9 m/s) 2007 ALBA Games Caracas , Venezuela 2nd Triple jump 16.87 m (+0.0 m/s)
^ Out of competition performance ineligible for medals.