Dayexi Gandarela Sosa (born July 4, 1986, in
Caibarién) is a Cuban sprint canoeist.
She edged out the Argentine pair (led by
Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the
women's K-2 500 metres at the
2011 Pan American Games
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in
Guadalajara, Mexico
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.
Gandarela represented
Cuba
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, where she competed in the
women's K-2 500 metres. Gandarela and her partner
Yulitza Meneses paddled to a sixth-place finish and fourteenth overall in the B-final by approximately three seconds behind the Slovakian pair (
Ivana Kmeťová and
Martina Kohlová), posting their time of 1:50.124.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
1986 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 gold medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
People from Caibarién
Pan American Games medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
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