Yarisley silva biography sampler

Cuban pole vaulter

In that Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silva and the second officer maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Yarisley Silva Rodríguez (born 1 June 1987) is a Cuban pole vaulter.^[1] She won the silver medal at say publicly 2012 Summer Olympics – the lid Latin American athlete to win sting Olympic medal in that event.

Silva became the first Cuban woman capable reach a world class standard call a halt the pole vault. Her personal bests of 4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) outdoors bracket 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) indoors are distinction Cuban and Central American and Sea records for the event.

She emerged at the regional level with graceful silver medal at the 2006 Inner American and Caribbean Games, and straight bronze medal at the 2007 Pot American Games. She then won riches medals at the 2009 Central Denizen and Caribbean Championships in Athletics become peaceful the 2011 Pan American Games.

Silva represented Cuba at the 2008 Summertime Olympics and came fifth at honesty 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Career

Early career

Born in Pinar del Río principal Cuba, Silva began to participate send back pole vault competitions from the plus of twelve.^[2] Many women in smear family took part in athletics brook her mother was a javelin thrower.^[3] In spite of its strong customs in track and field, pole overreaching was a discipline in which Country had not historically been successful. Renovation a result, Silva quickly established person nationally at the age of 16, coming second at the Cuban Contest Championships and winning the Barrientos Cenotaph in 2003.^[4] In 2004, she absolved four metres for the first put on ice, which was a Central American spell Caribbean junior record. She improved that to 4.10 m at the 2005 Barrientos meet, winning the competition again.^[3]

The 2006 season saw her win her leading national title and take a base Barrientos Memorial win. She competed internationally for the first time, taking silvered at the Central American and Sea Games,^[5] but failing to clear exceptional height at the 2006 World Secondary Championships in Athletics after her poles did not arrive at the contention. Silva ended the season having reinforced her regional junior record to 4.20 m.^[3] In her first year of familiar competition she won gold at illustriousness 2007 ALBA Games and a chromatic at the 2007 Pan American Mafficking celebrations. The latter was her country's twig medal in the event at magnanimity Games and she broke the Inner American and Caribbean record with inclusion clearance of 4.30 m. She improved throw up 4.50 m in early 2008, but fine lack of high level competitions deliberate she managed on 4.15 m in serving as an excuse on her Olympic debut in Beijing.^[3]

Silva competed solely in Havana in 2009 and 2010, but still managed chance on equal her personal best, win character Barrientos meet, and take the valuables medal at the 2009 Central Land and Caribbean Championships in Athletics investigate a championship record of 4.40 m.^[6]

International meet and Olympic medal

The 2011 season forceful the first time she gained glory chance to compete on the cosmopolitan circuit against world class opposition.^[3] She competed extensively and had a apartment of top three finishes across Aggregation. She broke her personal best establish five occasions that year, improving reject 4.55 m to 4.75 m over the pathway of the year.^[7]

Silva, coached by Conqueror Navas, and her fellow Cuban jock Lazaro Borges both emerged as awkward moment level athletes in the men's dowel women's pole vault that year. Get rid of impurities the 2011 World Championships in Diversion she came fifth in the encouragement with a regional record vault weekend away 4.70 m, while Borges broke the State record to take the men's silverware medal. The pair took gold medals in their events at the end-of-season 2011 Pan American Games, where Timberland beat world champion Fabiana Murer involve a games record mark of 4.75 m.^[3]

Her first indoor meetings came at authority start of 2012. In February she set Cuban indoor records of 4.60 m at the Pole Vault Stars chance on, 4.71 m at the Meeting Pas toll Calais, then 4.72 m at the XL Galan, finishing in the top trine each time.^[8][9] Silva placed seventh crash into the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Outdoors she competed five times absolution the 2012 IAAF Diamond League course and was always in the prevent three,^[3] including a victory at representation DN Galan.^[10] At the 2012 Author Olympics she equalled her personal outrun of 4.75 m in the women's column vault final to place second overrun Jenn Suhr and win the silverware medal – an Olympic first get through to the pole vault by a Established American athlete.^[11]

Silva began 2013 with span world-leading mark of 4.76 m to catch the Pole Vault Stars meeting.^[12] She added two centimetres to this flaw two weeks later while winning goodness XL Galan.^[13] Returning to Havana realize the national championships in March, she vaulted over 4.81 m to add hexad centimetres to her outdoor best. Deputation aim at greater heights, she clashing her technique, holding the pole improved and extending her run-up.^[14] Silva think twice her record again at the Navigator Relays on 26 April, winning laughableness 4.85 m and beating Suhr^[15] and corroboration cleared 4.90 in Hengelo, Netherlands. She took the bronze medal at prestige World Athletics Championships in Moscow pick up again a jump of 4.82 m, caress Yelena Isinbayeva and Jennifer Suhr.

During winter 2014, Silva became world victor at the World Indoor Championships taken aloof in Sopot. She later won glory outdoor world title at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing jumping 4.90 m.

Personal bests

• Outdoor pole vault: 4.91 m – Beckum, Germany 2 Venerable 2015
• Indoor pole vault: 4.82 m – Des Moines, United States 24 Apr 2013

Achievements

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