- Misleydis González
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Tamayo.
Misleydis González Tamayo (born June 19, 1978) is a female shot putter from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Event Representing Cuba
2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4th 17.99 m 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th Olympic Games Olympia, Greece 7th 18.59 m 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th Universiade Izmir, Turkey 3rd 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 11th Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 4th Olympic Games Beijing, China 4th 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 1st 19.13 m (CR) 2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1st 18.52 m 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st 18.57 m References
- IAAF profile for Misleydis González
Pan American Champions in Women's Shot Put 1951: Ingeborg Mello (ARG) • 1955: not held • 1959: Earlene Brown (USA) • 1963 – 1967: Nancy McCredie (CAN) • 1971: Lynn Graham (USA) • 1975 – 1983: María Elena Sarría (CUB) • 1987: Ramona Pagel (USA) • 1991: Belsy Laza (CUB) • 1995 – 1999: Connie Price-Smith (USA) • 2003: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) • 2007 – 2011: Misleydis González (CUB)
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cuban shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes of Cuba
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- Cuban athletics biography stubs
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