Lesyani Mayor Gil (born 8 July 1989) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the

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. Her personal best for the event is 1.93 metres, set in 2010. She was a World Junior bronze medallist in 2008 and won a senior bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics a year later. Mayor was the gold medallist in the high jump 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, ...

Biography

Born in

Camagüey Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province. It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by S ...

, Mayor began taking part in sports at an early age and competed in the

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for her region in 2000. She started establishing herself at national level in the high jump in 2006 when she came third at the national championships and won at the

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 ...

meeting.Lesyani Mayor
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-06. She cleared 1.80 m for the first time the following year and made her first appearance abroad, placing fourth at the

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, Venezuela. She won at the Barrientos meet and went on to achieve a personal best jump of 1.85 m at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championship to win the

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ahead of American Patience Coleman. 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 ...

saw her win her first global level medal as she jumped a new best of 1.86 m in

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to take the

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.Mayor Lesyani
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-06. Mayor improved her best to 1.89 m in February in Havana and kept her good form at the 2009 ALBA Games, where she won the high jump gold medal. The

2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics The 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships (Spanish: ''XXII Campeonato CAC Atletismo'') was the twenty second edition of the tournament and was held between 3 and 7 July in Havana, Cuba. Event summary The host country Cuba dominated the ...

in Havana saw her make her senior debut at a top level event and she finished with the

while St. Lucia's Levern Spencer won the title. She began 2011 with a series of victories in Cuba, including a new best jump of 1.93 m and wins at the Barrientos and Cuban Championship meets. She won the silver medal at the

2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''XIV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain from 4–6 June. A total ...

in Spain and then came fourth at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo meet – her first outing on the European professional circuit. She won the Cuba Cup meet in Havana in July and was selected to represent the Americas team at the

2010 IAAF Continental Cup The 1st IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field sporting event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Originally scheduled as the 11th IAAF World Cup in Athletics, it was renamed in 200 ...

, where she finished in sixth place. Mayor's 2011 season started with European indoor meetings and she had indoor best jumps of 1.84 m in both Naples and

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. She won the national title at the Copa Cuba meet in March then had another win at the Barrientos Memorial in May. She was chosen to represent Cuba at the

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. There she had a three-way tie with Marielys Rojas and defending champion

Romary Rifka María Romary Rifka González (born 23 December 1970 in Poza Rica, Veracruz) is a Mexican high jumper. She is married to track & field athlete, Alejandro Cárdenas. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Xalapa ...

as all the athletes cleared 1.89 m. This resulted in a jump-off duel for the medals and Mayor came out on top.La cubana Lesyani Mayor gana oro en Salto de Altura
. Terra Deportes (2011-10-28). Retrieved on 2011-11-06.

Personal bests

Outdoor *High jump: 1.93 m – La Habana, 11 February 2010 Indoor *High jump: 1.84 m – Napoli, 5 February 2011

Achievements

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayor, Lesyani Living people 1989 births Cuban female high jumpers Sportspeople from Camagüey Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games