Osleidys Menéndez
Cuban javelin thrower
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Full name | Osleidys Menéndez Sáez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 44) Martí, Matanzas, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | NACACR 71.70 m (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 17 June 2013. |
Osleidys Menéndez Sáez (Spanish pronunciation: [osˈlejðis meˈnendes ˈsaes]; born November 14, 1979) is a retired Cuban track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was a World and Olympic Champion, and held the world record from 2001 to 2008. Her personal best of 71.70 m remains the North, Central American and Caribbean record and ranks her third on the overall list.
When winning the 2005 World Athletics Championships, Menéndez broke her own world record with a throw of 71.70 m. This record was broken by Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková in September 2008 with a throw of 72.28 m.
She won the Cuban National Games in 2004.[1]
Personal bests
- Javelin throw: 71.70 m – Helsinki, 14 August 2005
International competitions
References
External links
- Osleidys Menéndez at World Athletics
- Osleidys Menéndez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tilastopaja biography
- Picture of Osleidys Menéndez
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Preceded by | Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 2001 2004 | Succeeded by |
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- 1932: Babe Didrikson (USA)
- 1936: Tilly Fleischer (GER)
- 1948: Herma Bauma (AUT)
- 1952: Dana Zátopková (TCH)
- 1956: Inese Jaunzeme (URS)
- 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)
- 1964: Mihaela Peneș (ROU)
- 1968: Angéla Németh (HUN)
- 1972: Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1976: Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1980: María Caridad Colón (CUB)
- 1984: Tessa Sanderson (GBR)
- 1988: Petra Felke (GDR)
- 1992: Silke Renk (GER)
- 1996: Heli Rantanen (FIN)
- 2000: Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 2004: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2008: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2012: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2016: Sara Kolak (CRO)
- 2020: Liu Shiying (CHN)