Yeimer López García (born August 28, 1982, in Buey Arriba, Granma) is a middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, 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 Com ...

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

Ana López Ana María Wilianis López García (born 28 August 1982) is a Cuban sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2 ...

Personal bests

*400 m: 45.11 s – Saint-Denis, 24 August 2003 *400 m (indoor): 47.98 s –

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental and its joint capital (co-capital), on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona. Sabadell is located above sea level. Sabadell pioneered the Ind ...

, 22 January 2011 *800 m: 1:43.07 min – Jerez de la Frontera, 24 June 2008

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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