Yumari González Valdivieso (born June 13, 1979) is a
Cuba
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n professional
road
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Th ...
and
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
. She competed at the
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics
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in the
Women's road race.
Career
Born in
Sancti Spíritus
Sancti Spíritus () is a municipality and capital city of the province of Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba and one of the oldest Cuban European settlements. Sancti Spíritus is the genitive case of Latin ''Sanctus Spiritus'' ("Holy Spirit").
...
, González won the 500-metre time trial at the
2002 Pan American Cycling Championships, setting a new Pan American record with a time of 34.647 seconds. She also won silver medals in the sprint and the keirin.
Major results
Track
;1998
:
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...
::1st

500m time trial
::2nd

Sprint
;1999
:
Pan American Games
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::3rd

500m time trial
::3rd

Sprint
;2002
:
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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::1st

Keirin, Monterrey
::3rd

500m time trial, Cali
:
Pan American Track Championships
::1st

500m time trial
::2nd

Sprint
::2nd

Keirin
;2003
:
Pan American Games
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::3rd

500m time trial
::3rd

Keirin
;2004
:
Pan American Track Championships
::1st

Scratch
::2nd

500m time trial
::2nd

Keirin
::2nd

Sprint
;2005
:
Pan American Track Championships
::1st

Scratch
::3rd 500m time trial
::3rd Points race
;2006
: 1st

Scratch,
Pan American Track Championships
:
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...
::1st

Keirin
::2nd

Points race
::2nd

Scratch
;2007
: 1st
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
:
2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling
Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-d ...
::1st

Scratch, Sydney
::3rd

Scratch, Beijing
::3rd

Team pursuit, Beijing
: 2nd

Team sprint,
Pan American Track Championships
:
2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2006–2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling
Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designe ...
::3rd

Team sprint, Los Angeles
::3rd

Scratch, Manchester
;2008
:
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 31 October 2008 to 18 February 2009. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
The World C ...
, Cali
::1st

Team pursuit
::2nd

Points race
::2nd

Scratch
: 2nd
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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;2009
:
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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::1st
Scratch
::2nd
Points race
A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...
:
2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
::2nd

Points race, Manchester
::3rd

Scratch, Cali
;2010
:
Pan American Track Championships
::1st

Scratch
::2nd

Team pursuit
: 2nd
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
;2011
: 2nd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Pan American Games
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;2013
: Copa Cuba de Pista
::1st Team pursuit (with
Yudelmis Domínguez,
Marlies Mejías and
Arlenis Sierra
Arlenis Sierra Cañadilla (born 7 December 1992) is a Cuban professional Bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results Road
;2011
: 1st Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's ...
)
::3rd Points race
;2014
: 1st Team pursuit,
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...
(with
Yudelmis Domínguez,
Marlies Mejías and
Arlenis Sierra
Arlenis Sierra Cañadilla (born 7 December 1992) is a Cuban professional Bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results Road
;2011
: 1st Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's ...
)
: 2nd Team pursuit,
Pan American Track Championships (with
Yudelmis Domínguez,
Yoanka González and
Marlies Mejías)
: Copa Cuba de Pista
::2nd Omnium
::2nd Scratch
Road
;2005
: 3rd Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
: 3rd Time trial,
National Road Championships
;2006
: 1st

Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
: 2nd

Road race,
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...
;2007
: 1st

Road race,
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...
: 2nd

Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
;2008
: 1st

Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
:
National Road Championships
::1st

Road race
::2nd Time trial
;2011
: 2nd
Road race,
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...
;2012
: 1st

Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
: 1st

Road race,
National Road Championships
;2014
: 2nd

Road race,
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...
: 3rd Road race,
National Road Championships
;2015
: 3rd Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
: 3rd Time trial,
National Road Championships
: 8th
Road race,
Pan American Games
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;2016
: 1st

Time trial,
National Road Championships
;2019
: 9th
Road race,
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...
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1979 births
Living people
Cuban female cyclists
Cuban track cyclists
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
Olympic cyclists for Cuba
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus
21st-century Cuban sportswomen
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games