Darisleydis Amador Rodríguez (born January 1, 1988, in

Matanzas Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east ...

) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. She won a silver medal in the women's K-1 200 metres at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara, Mexico by thirty-seven thousandths of a second (0.037) behind winner Carrie Johnson of the United States, with a time of 41.840 seconds. Amador represented Cuba at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, where she competed only in two individual sprint kayak events. For her first event, the women's K-1 500 metres, Amador paddled to a seventh-place finish in the semi-final rounds, but fell short in her bid for the final by approximately four seconds behind Canada's

Émilie Fournel Émilie Fournel (born October 26, 1986) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, and in the K-1 5000 m at ...

, with a time of 1:58.762. In the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, Amador finished fourth and twelfth overall in the B-final by twenty-five thousandths of a second (0.025) behind Serbia's

Nikolina Moldovan Nikolina Moldovan ( sr-cyr, Николина Молдован, born 1 May 1990) is a Serbian sprint canoer. Career Nikolina was born on 1 May 1990 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia to a Serb father, Zoran Moldovan and a Russian mother, Tatjan ...

, attaining her best Olympic time of 45.099 seconds.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1988 births Cuban female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Cuba Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Sportspeople from Matanzas Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Cuba-canoe-bio-stub