Roberto Skyers Pérez (born 12 November 1991) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games. His personal bests are 9.98 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.02 seconds for the 200 m.
Career
At the age of seventeen, he ran a national junior record of 20.24 seconds for the 200 metres that year and also ran a 100 metres best of 10.31 seconds.Skyers, Roberto. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-28. This represented a significant improvement upon his 2008 best of 21.65 seconds and led to athletics statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava identifying him as one of the world's most promising sprinters.Julin, A. Lennart & Jalava, Mirko (2009-12-29). 2009 - End of Year Reviews – SPRINTS. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-28. Skyers began competing internationally in 2009, making his debut at the ALBA Games, where he claimed the 200 m title.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2009-04-28). Copello and Betanzos “thinking of Berlin” as triple jumpers steal the show at ALBA Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-28. He ran in the Cuban 4×100 metres relay team at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, but the quartet failed to finish the race. He claimed the 200 m national title at the Barrientos Memorial in June.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2009-06-04). Savigne, Copello and Lopez shine at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
Having finished third at the 2010 Barrientos meet and improved his 100 m to 10.29 seconds, Skyers represented Cuba in that event at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships and went on to place fourth overall. He completed a 200 m and relay double at the 2011 ALBA Games the following July.Roberto Skyers. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-10-28. He established himself on the regional scene at the 2011 Pan American Games: although he suffered a muscular twitch during the heats of the relay, he ran in the 200 m a few hours later and was the surprise gold medalist in the event, defeating Lansford Spence and Bruno de Barros.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-28). Cisneros joins sub-48 club with 47.99, Thompson soars to 2.32m - Pan American Games, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
Personal bests 100 m: 9.98 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) – Camagüey, Cuba, 22 February 2019 200 m: 20.02 s NR (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Toronto, Canada, 24 July 2015
International competitions Representing 2009ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba1st200 m20.27 s w (+2.3 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay39.77 sCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba – 4 × 100 m relayDNF2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain4th100 m10.40 s (-0.2 m/s)2011ALBA GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuela1st200 m20.44 s w (+2.4 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay39.34 sPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico1st200 m20.37 s A (-1.0 m/s)4th4 × 100 m relay39.75 s A 2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom4th (h)200 m20.66 s (+1.1 m/s)2014World RelaysNassau, Bahamas10th (B)4 × 100 m relay38.60Pan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico2nd200m20.28 A (+0.6 m/s)Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico1st200m20.47 A (-1.8 m/s)2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China12th (sf)200 m20.232016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd (h)200 m20.6913rd4 × 100 m relay38.93Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil22nd (sf)200 m20.6013th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.472017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom13th (h)4 × 100 m relay39.012018Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia5th4 × 100 m relay39.032019Pan American GamesLima, Peru7th200 m20.677th4 × 100 m relay39.19 1Did not finish in the semifinals
References
External links
Sports reference biography Tilastopaja biography