Yunier Pérez Romero (born February 16, 1985, in San José de las Lajas) is a Cuban track and field athlete, who specializes in sprinting events.
He won gold medals with the Cuban relay team at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with an Olympic qualifying time of 3:02.10. Perez competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, and Yunior Díaz. He ran on the starting leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 45.95 seconds. Perez and his national relay team, however, finished seventh in the preliminary heats, for a total time of 3:02.24, failing to advance into the final round.
Personal bests EventPointsVenueDate60 metres 6.49 Moscow, Russia February 2, 2014100 metres 10.00 Madrid, Spain July 17, 2017200 metres 20.75 Cali, Colombia July 5, 2008400 metres 46.72 Havana, Cuba June 3, 2006
All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements Representing 2005ALBA GamesLa Habana, Cuba2nd200 m21.16 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)1st4 × 400 m relay3:08.14 minCentral American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas9th (sf)200 m21.13 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia4th200 m20.84 s (wind: +0.5 m/s)1st4 × 400 m relay3:02.10 minOlympic GamesBeijing, China8th4 × 400 m relay3:02.24 min2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsLa Habana, Cuba4th200 m20.83 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain2nd100 m10.37 s (wind: -0.2 m/s)8th (h)200 m21.41 s (wind: -0.6 m/s)1st4 × 400 m relay3:04.86 min
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile