Yenima Arencibia

Yenima Arencibia

Personal information
Full name	Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 San Luis, Pinar del Río
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres hurdles
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Cuba CAC Championships Silver medal – second place 2008 Cali 100 m hurdles
Updated on 25 June 2013

Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born December 25, 1984, in San Luis, Pinar del Río) is a female Cuban sprint hurdler.

Career

Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds. She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia's Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event	Points	Venue	Date
100 metres	11.80	Alcalá de Henares, Spain	July 7, 2007
100 metres hurdles	12.95	Cali, Colombia	July 5, 2008

Indoor

Event	Points	Venue	Date
60 metres hurdles	8.09	Valencia, Spain	February 10, 2007
60 metres hurdles	8.09	Chemnitz, Germany	February 23, 2007

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
2005	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	1st	100 m hurdles	13.29 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	4th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.60 s (wind: +1.7 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	45.07 s
2006	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	4th	100 m hurdles	13.35 s (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	10th (h)	100 m hurdles	14.25 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.34 min
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.32 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)
			2nd (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.46 s
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	8th	100 m hurdles	13.33 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.95 s A (wind: +1.4 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	32nd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.43 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.10 s w (wind: +3.3 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	5th	100 m hurdles	13.23 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2011	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	100 m hurdles	13.36 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.33 s
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	6th	100 m hurdles	13.22 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)

External links

• Yenima Arencibia at World Athletics
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile
• Sports reference biography