Cuba will compete at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...
from 15 to 23 August. A team of 35 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's
qualifying standards.
Triple jumper
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne Herrera (born 13 November 1984 in Niceto Pérez, Guantanamo) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.
Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump even ...
enters the competition as the reigning World Champion, while Olympic champion and
world record holder
Dayron Robles
Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.
He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 se ...
aims to gain his first World Championship medal.
Decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...
Leonel Suárez
Leonel Suárez Fajardo (born September 1, 1987) is a decathlete from Cuba. He was bronze medalist in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships. He won a third consecutive ...
is the world leader in his event in the run up to the competition. The three entrants for the men's triple jump are also among the strongest athletes in their event this year.
[Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09)]
Men's Triple Jump - PREVIEW
. IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
. Retrieved on 2009-08-12.
Team selection
;Track and road events
;Field and combined events
Results
Men
;Track and road events
;Field events
Women
;Track and road events
;Field and combined events
References
External links
Official competition website
{{Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
World Championships in Athletics
Cuba at the World Athletics Championships