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Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández (born 18 October 1978) is a Spanish
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. He represented
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
until May 2008, then Spain.


Career

In the
2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
he competed for Spain, reaching the fifth position in the final. His personal best throw is 67.91 metres, which he achieved in June 2008 in Castellón.


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* * * * 1978 births Living people Cuban male discus throwers Spanish male discus throwers Spanish people of Cuban descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic athletes for Spain Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub