Anaelys Fernández (born December 15, 1979) is a retired

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er from

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. Her personal best throw is 62.09 metres, achieved on June 13, 2003 in

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Biography

She finished in sixth place at the

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1998 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Annecy, France from July 28 to August 2. Results Men 1 Ahmed Baday of Morocco originally won the bronze medal ...

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, France. She won the discus throw

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

and improved to take the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

at the 2003 edition. She is a two-time Cuban champion in the event, having won in 1999 and 2003.Cuban Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-22.

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1979 births Living people Cuban female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban women {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub