Yumileidi Cumbá

Yumileidi Cumbá

Personal information
Full name	Yumileidi Cumbá Jay
Born	(1975-02-11) February 11, 1975 Guantánamo
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	19.97 m
Medal record Athletics Representing Cuba Olympic Games 2004 Athens Shot Put CAC Junior Championships (U17) 1990 Havana Discus throw 1990 Havana Shot put
Updated on 14 June 2013.

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

Yumileidi Cumbá Jay also Yumisleidis (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝumiˈleiði kumˈba]; born February 11, 1975 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban shot putter.

Career

Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an Olympic gold medal and achieved a new personal best throw.

Her current personal best throw is 19.97 metres, achieved at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Huelva.

Her name is a transliteration of "You Milady", and is in the Cuban tradition of using odd, foreign-born names.

Personal best

Outdoor

• Shot put: 19.97 m – Huelva, 8 August 2004

Indoor

• Shot put: 19.31 m – Budapest, 5 March 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1990	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Shot put	14.54 m
			1st	Discus throw	38.96 m
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, Korea	4th	Shot put	17.06 m
1993	Pan American Junior Championships	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	Shot put	17.55 m
			5th	Discus throw	42.84 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	2nd	Shot put	17.67 m
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	Shot put	18.09 m
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	Shot put	18.47 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	20th	Shot put	15.80 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	13th (q)	Shot put	18.55 m
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	Shot put	17.31 m
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	4th	Shot put	18.76 m
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	6th	Shot put	17.80 m
	Universiade	Palma, Spain	2nd	Shot put	18.70 m
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	Shot put	18.67 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	Shot put	18.44 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	6th	Shot put	18.70 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th	Shot put	18.61 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th	Shot put	18.73 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	Shot put	18.90 m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	Shot put	18.41 m
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	Shot put	18.87 m
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	2nd	Shot put	19.14 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	6th	Shot put	19.19 m
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	Shot put	19.31 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	13th (q)	Shot put	17.95 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Shot put	19.31 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st	Shot put	19.97 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	Shot put	19.59 m
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	Shot put	18.98 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	Shot put	18.64 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	Shot put	18.44 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	Shot put	18.28 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	Shot put	19.31 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	Shot put	18.78 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	3rd	Shot put	19.12 m
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Shot put	18.24 m
	Pan American Games	Rio, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	18.28 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	12th	Shot put	17.93 m
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Shot put	18.10 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	20th (q)	Shot put	17.60 m

External links

• Yumileidi Cumbá profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography
• Tilastopaja biography
• Ecured biography (in Spanish)
• Picture of Yumileidi Cumbá as she celebrates winning silver in Olympia