Yulitza Meneses Prieto (born November 9, 1985, in

Nueva Gerona Nueva Gerona is a Cuban city, capital of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049. History The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio Vives, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba a ...

) is a Cuban sprint canoeist.

Biography and career

She edged out the Argentine pair (led by

Alexandra Keresztesi Alexandra Keresztesi (26 April 1983 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born Argentine sprint canoer who has competed since the mid first decade of the 21st century. She won two gold medals in ...

) 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 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. Meneses represented

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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 ...

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, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Meneses and her partner

Dayexi Gandarela 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 P ...

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
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