Yeimer López García (born August 28, 1982, in

Buey Arriba Buey Arriba is a municipality and town in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located south of Bayamo, the provincial capital. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Buey Arriba had a population of 31,327. With a total area of , it has a popu ...

, Granma) is a

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 15 ...

from

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C ...

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. López is the twin brother (fraternal) of female sprinter Ana López.

Personal bests

*400 m: 45.11 s – Saint-Denis, 24 August 2003 *400 m (indoor): 47.98 s – Sabadell, 22 January 2011 *800 m: 1:43.07 min –

Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera (), or simply Jerez (), is a Spanish city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the province of Cádiz in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway bet ...

, 24 June 2008

International competitions

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Tilastopaja biography
1982 births Living people Cuban male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games People from Granma Province {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub