Yerilda Zapata
Yerilda Alexandra Zapata Rodríguez (born 3 January 1998) is a Venezuelan athlete who specializes in discus throw. She set the Venezuelan national junior records in both discus and shot put. Early life Yerilda Alexandra Zapata Rodríguez was born in Anzoátegui, Venezuela, on 3 January 1998 to Yuliesy Rodríguez and former boxer Pedro Zapata. She was raised in a ''ranchito'' (shack, ) in the Altavista area (compared to a favela) of Pozuelos, near Puerto la Cruz, where her father worked in the History of the Venezuelan oil industry, oil industry. She is one of six siblings, and her elder half-sister is triple jumper Yulimar Rojas. She has been trained by Ramón Salazar since 2008. Career Zapata competed in discus throw, discus and shot put at the 2011 South American School Games, where she won the gold medal in discus with a throw of , and the silver medal in shot with a put of . At the 2012 Venezuelan School Games, Zapata competed in the U14 discus throw, discus and javelin thr ...
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