Yorgelis Rodríguez García (born 25 January 1995) is a Cuban track and field athlete specialising in the heptathlon.[1][2][3] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships finishing twelfth overall. Earlier she won several medals at the World Junior and Youth Championships, including the gold at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Yorgelis Rodríguez
Personal information
Full nameYorgelis Rodríguez García
Born (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29)
Guantánamo, Cuba
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
EventCombined events
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Birmingham Pentathlon
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Heptathlon
Updated on 2 March 2018

She was the gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Cuba
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 2nd Heptathlon (youth) 5671 pts
2012 Pan American Combined Events Cup Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1st Heptathlon 5819 pts
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st Heptathlon 5966 pts
2013 Pan American Combined Events Cup Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1st Heptathlon 5947 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia 12th Heptathlon 6148 pts
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 16th (q) High jump 1.79 m
2nd Heptathlon 6006 pts
Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz, Mexico 1st Heptathlon 5984 pts
2015 Pan American Combined Events Cup Ottawa, Canada 1st Heptathlon 6068 pts
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 1st Heptathlon 6332 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 21st Heptathlon 5932 pts
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Heptathlon 6452 pts
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th Heptathlon 6594 pts NR
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 13th High jump 1.84 m
3rd Pentathlon 4637 pts
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 1st Heptathlon 6436 pts
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru Heptathlon DNF
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Heptathlon DNF

Personal bests

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Outdoor

Indoor

References

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  1. ^ Yorgelis Rodríguez at World Athletics  
  2. ^ Iglesias Manresa, Harold (23 July 2014), Yorgelis Rodríguez: La fórmula para ser la más completa es… (in Spanish), CubaSi.cu, retrieved January 9, 2015
  3. ^ Bosch Cascaret, Adriel (18 December 2014), Aquí van los mejores atletas de Guantánamo en el 2014 (in Spanish), Desde este lado de la Isla - De Guantánamo al Mundo, retrieved January 9, 2015
  4. ^ "Athletics RODRIGUEZ Yorgelis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
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