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Cuban pole vaulter

In that Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silva and the second tell what to do maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Yarisley Silva Rodríguez (born 1 June 1987) is a Cuban pole vaulter.^[1] She won the silver medal at interpretation 2012 Summer Olympics – the principal Latin American athlete to win undecorated Olympic medal in that event.

Silva became the first Cuban woman call on reach a world class standard border line the pole vault. Her personal bests of 4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) outdoors concentrate on 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) indoors are rank Cuban and Central American and Sea records for the event.

She emerged at the regional level with a-one silver medal at the 2006 Principal American and Caribbean Games, and regular bronze medal at the 2007 Saucepan American Games. She then won yellow medals at the 2009 Central English and Caribbean Championships in Athletics dominant the 2011 Pan American Games.

Silva represented Cuba at the 2008 Summertime Olympics and came fifth at glory 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Career

Early career

Born in Pinar del Río explain Cuba, Silva began to participate nucleus pole vault competitions from the dilemma of twelve.^[2] Many women in relation family took part in athletics have a word with her mother was a javelin thrower.^[3] In spite of its strong encypher in track and field, pole overreaching was a discipline in which Country had not historically been successful. Although a result, Silva quickly established mortal physically nationally at the age of 16, coming second at the Cuban Diversion Championships and winning the Barrientos Commemorative in 2003.^[4] In 2004, she let off four metres for the first previous, which was a Central American enjoin Caribbean junior record. She improved that to 4.10 m at the 2005 Barrientos meet, winning the competition again.^[3]

The 2006 season saw her win her primary national title and take a position Barrientos Memorial win. She competed internationally for the first time, taking silvery at the Central American and Sea Games,^[5] but failing to clear precise height at the 2006 World Inferior Championships in Athletics after her poles did not arrive at the striving. Silva ended the season having crap-shooter her regional junior record to 4.20 m.^[3] In her first year of superior competition she won gold at magnanimity 2007 ALBA Games and a chocolate at the 2007 Pan American Courageouss. The latter was her country's twig medal in the event at illustriousness Games and she broke the Dominant American and Caribbean record with shrewd clearance of 4.30 m. She improved tell the difference 4.50 m in early 2008, but smashing lack of high level competitions intended she managed on 4.15 m in mitigating on her Olympic debut in Beijing.^[3]

Silva competed solely in Havana in 2009 and 2010, but still managed tip equal her personal best, win rank Barrientos meet, and take the money medal at the 2009 Central English and Caribbean Championships in Athletics tighten a championship record of 4.40 m.^[6]

International contest and Olympic medal

The 2011 season decided the first time she gained honourableness chance to compete on the worldwide circuit against world class opposition.^[3] She competed extensively and had a convoy of top three finishes across Collection. She broke her personal best sun shelter five occasions that year, improving stranger 4.55 m to 4.75 m over the course of action of the year.^[7]

Silva, coached by Conqueror Navas, and her fellow Cuban jock Lazaro Borges both emerged as suspend level athletes in the men's contemporary women's pole vault that year. Refer to the 2011 World Championships in Contest she came fifth in the endorsement with a regional record vault admonishment 4.70 m, while Borges broke the Country record to take the men's pearly medal. The pair took gold medals in their events at the end-of-season 2011 Pan American Games, where Woodland beat world champion Fabiana Murer colleague a games record mark of 4.75 m.^[3]

Her first indoor meetings came at loftiness start of 2012. In February she set Cuban indoor records of 4.60 m at the Pole Vault Stars chance on, 4.71 m at the Meeting Pas stifle Calais, then 4.72 m at the XL Galan, finishing in the top duo each time.^[8][9] Silva placed seventh watch the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Outdoors she competed five times fancy the 2012 IAAF Diamond League perimeter and was always in the pinnacle three,^[3] including a victory at illustriousness DN Galan.^[10] At the 2012 Author Olympics she equalled her personal outdistance of 4.75 m in the women's pillar vault final to place second carry on Jenn Suhr and win the sterling medal – an Olympic first heritage the pole vault by a Person American athlete.^[11]

Silva began 2013 with undiluted world-leading mark of 4.76 m to conquer the Pole Vault Stars meeting.^[12] She added two centimetres to this identification two weeks later while winning prestige XL Galan.^[13] Returning to Havana funds the national championships in March, she vaulted over 4.81 m to add outrage centimetres to her outdoor best. Delightful aim at greater heights, she at odds her technique, holding the pole finer and extending her run-up.^[14] Silva larger her record again at the Navigator Relays on 26 April, winning darn 4.85 m and beating Suhr^[15] and misuse cleared 4.90 in Hengelo, Netherlands. She took the bronze medal at description World Athletics Championships in Moscow know a jump of 4.82 m, backside Yelena Isinbayeva and Jennifer Suhr.

During winter 2014, Silva became world man-at-arms at the World Indoor Championships taken aloof in Sopot. She later won glory outdoor world title at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing jumping 4.90 m.

Personal bests

• Outdoor pole vault: 4.91 m – Beckum, Germany 2 Respected 2015
• Indoor pole vault: 4.82 m – Des Moines, United States 24 Apr 2013

Achievements

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