Roberto Skyers Pérez (born 12 November 1991 in

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athlete who competes in the sprinting events. He won the

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in the

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at the

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. His personal bests are 9.98 seconds for the

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and 20.02 seconds for the 200 m.

Career

At the age of seventeen, he ran a national junior record of 20.24 seconds for the 200 metres that year and also ran a

best of 10.31 seconds. This represented a significant improvement upon his 2008 best of 21.65 seconds and led to athletics statisticians

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and Mirko Jalava identifying him as one of the world's most promising sprinters. Skyers began competing internationally in 2009, making his debut at the

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, where he claimed the 200 m title. He ran in the Cuban 4×100 metres relay team at the

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, but the quartet failed to finish the race. He claimed the 200 m national title at the

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in June. Having finished third at the 2010 Barrientos meet and improved his 100 m to 10.29 seconds, Skyers represented Cuba in that event at the

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and went on to place fourth overall. He completed a 200 m and relay double at the 2011 ALBA Games the following July. He established himself on the regional scene at the

: although he suffered a muscular twitch during the heats of the relay, he ran in the 200 m a few hours later and was the surprise gold medalist in the event, defeating

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and

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Personal bests

*100 m: 9.98 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) –

, 22 feb 2019 *200 m: 20.02 s NR (wind: +0.3 m/s) –

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, 24 July 2015

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

References

External links

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Sports reference biographyTilastopaja biographyEcured biography (in Spanish)
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