Yoel Armando Tapia Gómez (born September 11, 1984 in Monte Cristi) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialized in the

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. He won two medals for the national relay team at the

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, and also, at the

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. Tapia competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the

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, along with his teammates Pedro Mejía,

Arismendy Peguero Arismendy Peguero Matos (born 2 August 1980) is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres. He was born in La Romana. Peguero finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. ...

, and Carlos Yohelin Santa. He ran on the anchor leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 45.79 seconds. Tapia and his team finished the relay in last place for a seasonal best time of 3:04.31, failing to advance into the final.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Dominican Republic male sprinters Living people Olympic athletes for the Dominican Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Monte Cristi Province 1984 births Pan American Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{DominicanRepublic-athletics-bio-stub