Yorgelis Rodríguez García (born 25 January 1995) is a Cuban track and field athlete specialising in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships finishing twelfth overall. Earlier she won several medals at the World Junior and Youth Championships, including the gold at the 2012 World Junior Championships. She was the gold medalist at the

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. She competed at the

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Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 23.96 (-0.6 m/s) (Götzis 2018) * 800 metres – 2:10.48 (London 2017) *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

– 13.48 (+0.3 m/s) (Götzis 2018) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– 1.95 (London 2017) * Long jump – 6.50 (+1.4 m/s) (Bilbao 2017) *

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

– 14.95 (Götzis 2018) * Javelin throw – 49.56 (Götzis 2021) *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

– 6742 NR (Götzis 2018) Indoor * 800 metres – 2:17.70 (Birmingham 2018) *

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

– 8.57 (Birmingham 2018) *

– 1.88 (Birmingham 2018) * Long jump – 6.29 (Sabadell 2018) *

– 14.15 (Birmingham 2018) *

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

– 4637 NR (Birmingham 2018)

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* 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Guantánamo Cuban heptathletes Cuban female high jumpers Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Cuban women {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub