Yuniel Hernández
Cuban hurdler (born 1981)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Yuniel Hernández Solar |
Born | (1981-03-28) March 28, 1981 (age 43) Caimito, Artemisa |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
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Country | Cuba |
Sport | Athletics |
Updated on 20 June 2013 |
Yuniel Hernández Solar (born 28 March 1981) is a Cuban hurdler.
His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca when he was still only 20 years old. The result places him sixth (joint with Erik Batte) among Cuban 110 m hurdlers, behind Anier García, Dayron Robles, Emilio Valle, Alejandro Casañas and Yoel Hernández.[1]
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 m: 21.24 s (wind: +1.2 m/s) – Havana, 18 March 2005
- 110 m hurdles: 13.26 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) – Salamanca, 18 March 2005
Indoor
- 50 m hurdles: 6.56 s – Stuttgart, 4 February 2001
- 60 m hurdles: 7.54 s – Pireás, 20 February 2002
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cuba | |||||
1997 | Pan American Junior Championships | Havana, Cuba | 6th | 110 m hurdles | 14.90 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) |
1998 | World Youth Games | Moscow, Russia | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 14.19 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) |
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.60 s (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.56 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
Universiade | Beijing, China | 1st (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.66 s (wind: -2.3 m/s) | |
2nd (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.34 s | |||
2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.35 s (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.58 s |
Ibero-American Championships | Huelva, Spain | 1st (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.65 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 4th (qf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.46 s (wind: +0.0 m/s) | |
2009 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.80 s (wind: +0.9 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.77 s | |||
2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.58 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.34 s |
References
- ^ IAAF top lists - 110 m hurdles men
External links
- Yuniel Hernández at World Athletics
- Yuniel Hernández at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tilastopaja biography
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- 1951: Dick Attlesey (USA)
- 1955: Jack Davis (USA)
- 1959: Hayes Jones (USA)
- 1963: Blaine Lindgren (USA)
- 1967: Earl McCullouch (USA)
- 1971: Rod Milburn (USA)
- 1975: Alejandro Casañas (CUB)
- 1979: Renaldo Nehemiah (USA)
- 1983: Roger Kingdom (USA)
- 1987: Andrew Parker (JAM)
- 1991: Cletus Clark (USA)
- 1995: Roger Kingdom (USA)
- 1999: Anier García (CUB)
- 2003: Yuniel Hernández (CUB)
- 2007: Dayron Robles (CUB)
- 2011: Dayron Robles (CUB)
- 2015: David Oliver (USA)
- 2019: Shane Brathwaite (BAR)
- 2023: Eduardo de Deus (BRA)
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