Daimí Pernía

Daimí Pernía
Personal information
Full name	Daimí Perniá Figueroa
Nickname	La Nena
Born	December 27, 1976 (age 47); La Palma, Pinar del Río
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Cuba
World Championships
Pan American Games
	Updated on 12 June 2013

Daimí Pernía Figueroa (born December 27, 1976, in La Palma, Pinar del Río) is a retired Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion. She announced her retirement in 2007.^[1]

Personal bests

200 m: 23.43 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Camagüey, 27 February 1999
400 m: 51.10 s – Getafe, 10 July 2001
100 m hurdles: 14.31 s – Santiago de Cuba, 4 May 1992
400 m hurdles: 52.89 s – Sevilla, 25 August 1999

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1993	Pan American Junior Championships	Winnipeg, Canada	5th (h)	400 m	56.83 s
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	45.84 s
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:59.81 min
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	11th (sf)	400m	54.09 s
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	46.27 s
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.95 min
1995	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.86 min A
1997	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd	400 m hurdles	56.14 s
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.73 s
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	400 m hurdles	56.13 s
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.00 min
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1st	400 m hurdles	53.95 s
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	400 m hurdles	53.44 s
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.70 min
	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	1st	400 m hurdles	52.89 s
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	400 m	53.68 s
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.47 min
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	400 m hurdles	54.51 s
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.68 min
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.10 s
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st	400 m hurdles	54.84 s
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20th (h)	400 m hurdles	55.91 s
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	400 m hurdles	55.32 s
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.34 min
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	400 m hurdles	56.98 s
	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.77 min
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th	400 m hurdles	59.71 s
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.51 min
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.05 min

References

^ Daimí Pernía (in Spanish), EnCaribe, archived from the original on June 20, 2013, retrieved June 12, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Daimí Pernía at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daimí Pernía". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
Tilastopaja biography

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kim Batten	Women's 400m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1999	Succeeded by Irina Privalova

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