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Yumileidi Cumbá Jay (, also ''Yumisleidis'', born February 11, 1975, in
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n shot putter.


Career

Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an
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and achieved a new personal best throw. Her current personal best throw is 19.97 metres, achieved at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in
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. Her name is a transliteration of "You Milady", and is in the Cuban tradition of using odd, foreign-born names.


Personal best

Outdoor *Shot put: 19.97 m –
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, 8 August 2004 Indoor *Shot put: 19.31 m –
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, 5 March 2004


International competitions


External links

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Tilastopaja biography

Ecured biography (in Spanish)

Picture of Yumileidi Cumbá as she celebrates winning silver in Olympia
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cumba, Yumileidi 1975 births Living people Cuban female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Sportspeople from Guantánamo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Cuba Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban women