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Yanet Cruz

Yanet Cruz

Cuban javelin thrower

Yanet Cruz Cruz (born 8 February 1988 in Jiguaní, Granma) is a female javelin thrower and baseball player from Cuba.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships. She also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.[2] Her personal best throw is 63.50 metres, achieved in March 2011 in Havana.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.
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Cruz represented her country at the 2015 Pan American Games women's baseball tournament, where the team finished in fifth (and last place).

Personal best

  • Javelin throw: 63.50 m – Cuba La Habana, 19 March 2011.

Achievements

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References

  1. [1]
    XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, retrieved 24 June 2013
  2. [2]
    "Yanet Cruz Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2017.


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