Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born 25 December 1984) is a Cuban sprint hurdler.[1]
Career
Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women’s 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds.[2] She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia’s Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.[3]
Personal bests
- Outdoor
| Event | Points | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | 11.80 | Alcalá de Henares, Spain | 7 July 2007 |
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.95 | Cali, Colombia | 5 July 2008 |
- Indoor
| Event | Points | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres hurdles | 8.09 | Valencia, Spain | 10 February 2007 |
| 60 metres hurdles | 8.09 | Chemnitz, Germany | 23 February 2007 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Cuba
| |||||
| 2005 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.29 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 4th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.60 s (wind: +1.7 m/s) | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.07 s | |||
| 2006 | NACAC Under-23 Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 13.35 s (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 10th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 14.25 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s) |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.34 min | |||
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.32 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
| 2nd (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.46 s | |||
| Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 8th | 100 m hurdles | 13.33 s (wind: -0.3 m/s) | |
| 2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.95 s A (wind: +1.4 m/s) |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 32nd (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.43 s (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 2009 | ALBA Games | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 13.10 s w (wind: +3.3 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 13.23 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) | |
| 2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.36 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.33 s | |||
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 6th | 100 m hurdles | 13.22 s (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. “Yenima Arencibia”. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ Nicholas, Stephon (7 July 2008). “Relay teams strike gold”. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ “Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 3”. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
