Yoelbi Quesada

Yoelbi Quesada

Personal information
Full name	Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández
Born	(1973-08-04) August 4, 1973 Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Triple jump World Championships 1997 Athens Triple jump World Indoor Championships 1995 Barcelona Triple jump 2003 Birmingham Triple jump Pan American Games 1991 Havana Triple jump 1995 Mar del Plata Triple jump 1999 Winnipeg Triple jump 2003 Santo Domingo Triple jump World Junior Championships 1992 Seoul Triple Jump 1990 Plovdiv Triple Jump CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1990 Havana Triple jump
Updated on 30 May 2013.

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.

Career

He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.

Personal best

• Triple jump: 17.85 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) – Athens, 8 August 1997

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1990	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	La Habana, 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	La Habana, 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
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	Triple jump	17.06 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	12th	Triple jump	16.77 m (-0.1 m/s)
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)

References

External links

• Yoelbi Quesada profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography
• Picture: Yoelbi Quesada, world champion in triple jump in 1997
• Calixto, Néstor (20 Apr 2009), Cuba, tierra de triplistas (in Spanish), CACAC, retrieved Mar 25, 2012 

Records
Preceded by Sergey Bykov	World Junior Championship record holder – Men's triple jump 19 September 1992 – 27 July 2014	Succeeded by Lázaro Martínez
Sporting positions
Preceded by Sergey Bykov	World Junior Champion – Men's triple jump 19 September 1992 – July 1994	Succeeded by Onochie Achike