Yarelys Barrios Castañeda (also ''Yarelis Barrios Castañeda''; born July 12, 1983, in
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''.
History
Pinar del R ...
) is a
discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...
er from
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 ...
.
Career
She won the ''Diamond Race'' in the women's discus throw of the
IAAF Diamond League
The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...
both in
2010 and in
2011.
She won the 2012 Cuban National Championships with a personal best throw of 68.03 metres.
Barrios finished the Olympic discus competition in 2008 in the second place, but was disqualified by the
IOC
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on September 1, 2016, because of
doping due to a sample reanalysis which resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance
Acetazolamide
Acetazolamide, sold under the trade name Diamox among others, is a medication used to treat glaucoma, epilepsy, altitude sickness, periodic paralysis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (raised brain pressure of unclear cause), urine alkal ...
.
Barrios sold her Olympic silver medal on auction site, eBay, for unknown reasons, and it was bought for $11,000 (£9,000).
Achievements
*Barrios originally finished 4th in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she moved up a position after
Darya Pishchalnikova
Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (russian: Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchal ...
was disqualified for testing positive for the anabolic steroid
oxandrolone
Oxandrolone, sold under the brand names Oxandrin and Anavar, among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used to help promote weight gain in various situations, to help offset protein catabolism caused by long-ter ...
.
References
External links
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Tilastopaja biographyYarelis Barrios Castañedaat
EcuRed
1983 births
Living people
Doping cases in athletics
Cuban female discus throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Cuba
People from Pinar del Río
World Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Cuban sportspeople in doping cases
Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for Cuba
Diamond League winners
IAAF World Athletics Final winners
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
20th-century Cuban women
20th-century Cuban people
21st-century Cuban women
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