Josleidy Ribalta Alfonso (; born 2 May 1990) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. She has a personal best of 14.61 m for the event. Born in Havana, she competed in the triple jump as a teenager, jumping 13.51 m in 2006 and improving to 13.72 m the following year.Ribalta Josleidy
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-23. In her first international competition, she took the

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behind fellow Cuban

Dailenys Alcántara Dailenys Alcántara Pacheco (born 10 August 1991) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally the long jump. She was the 2007 World Youth champion then became the first person to win two straight triple ...

at the

2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the fifth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held on 11–15 July 2007 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Results Boys Girls Medals table See also ...

. In the next season she set a new best of 13.87 m and was again runner-up to Alcántara on the world stage, this time at the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted t ...

. In her final year as a junior (under-19) athlete, she came fifth at the 2009 ALBA Games and cleared fourteen metres for the first time (reaching 14.10 m in Havana). Ribalta came third at the 2010

Barrientos Memorial The Barrientos Memorial ( es, Memorial José Barrientos) is an annual track and field meeting in Havana, Cuba each May. The event was first held in 1946, in recognition of José Barrientos (a former Cuban Olympic sprinter), who died in an aviation ...

and was the runner-up at the ''Olimpiada del Deporte Cubano'' with a personal best clearance of 14.14 m. She also won a long jump bronze at the competition with a mark of 5.75 m. Her jump of 14.61 m in February 2011 ranked her eighth in the world that year and gained her qualification for the

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, although she was replaced by

Yarianna Martínez Yarianna Martínez Iglesias (born 20 September 1984 in Pinar del Río) is a female triple jumper from Cuba. Her personal best jump is , achieved in February 2011 in Havana. Career She won the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships ...

at the event. She had her first win at the Barrientos Memorial that year. At the 2012 IAAF Centenary meet in Havana she cleared 14.30 m to finish second, ahead of two-time world champion Yargelis Savigne. She placed sixth at the adidas Grand Prix, New York Diamond League meet and was later selected for the Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cuban Olympic team.Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games
IAAF (2012-07-16). Retrieved on 2012-07-21.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribalta, Josleidy Living people 1990 births Cuban female triple jumpers Athletes from Havana Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba