Yamilé Martínez Calderón (born November 11, 1970 in Cueto,

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) is a

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player from

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. Playing as a

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she won the gold medal with the

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at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

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. Martínez also competed for her native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1992 (

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), finishing in fourth, sixth and ninth place in the final rankings. Her first name is sometimes also spelled as Yamilet.

References

FIBA Profile

1970 births Living people Cuban women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Cuba Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in basketball Centers (basketball) Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games People from Holguín Province {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub