Yarelys Barrios Castañeda (also Yarelis Barrios Castañeda; born July 12, 1983) is a Cuban discus thrower.
Career She won the Diamond Race in the women's discus throw of the IAAF Diamond League both in 2010 and in 2011.
She won the 2012 Cuban National Championships with a personal best throw of 68.03 metres.
Barrios finished the Olympic discus competition in 2008 in the second place, but was disqualified by the IOC on September 1, 2016, because of doping due to a sample reanalysis which resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance Acetazolamide.
Barrios sold her Olympic silver medal on auction site, eBay, for unknown reasons, and it was bought for $11,000 (£9,000).
Achievements Representing 2005ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba1stDiscus60.41 mCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas 1stDiscus56.59 m2006Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2ndDiscus58.22 m2007World Championships Osaka, Japan 2ndDiscus63.90 m (=PB)Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1stDiscus61.72 mUniversiade Bangkok, Thailand 1stDiscus61.36 m2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia 1stDiscus62.87 mOlympic Games Beijing, China DSQ (2nd)Discus63.64 m2009ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba2ndDiscus63.24 mCentral American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 1stDiscus62.10 mWorld Championships Berlin, Germany 2ndDiscus65.31 m2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain 2ndDiscus59.96 mContinental CupSplit, Croatia 3rdDiscus62.58 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea3rdDiscus65.73 mPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico1stDiscus66.40 m2012Olympic Games London, United Kingdom3rdDiscus66.38 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia3rdDiscus64.96 m Barrios originally finished 4th in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she moved up a position after Darya Pishchalnikova was disqualified for testing positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone.
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Tilastopaja biography