Yaime Pérez

Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born 29 May 1991) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the discus throw. In 2022, she defected to the United States.

Yaime Pérez

Pérez at the 2015 Doha Diamond League
Personal information
Full name	Yaimí Pérez Tellez
Born	(1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 Santiago, Cuba
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	73.09 m (2024)
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Discus throw World Championships 2019 Doha Discus throw Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava Discus throw Pan American Games 2019 Lima Discus throw 2015 Toronto Discus throw
Updated on 4 October 2019

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Tellez.

Career

She was the gold medallist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, then won her first senior title at the regional 2011 ALBA Games. Pérez represented Cuba at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh in the final. Her 2014 season was highlighted by a silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games and a fifth-place finish at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. Pérez won her first IAAF Diamond League meeting in 2015, beating world and Olympic champion Sandra Perković through a personal best throw of 67.13 m (220 ft 2+3⁄4 in).

Pérez won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

She defected to the United States while on a stopover in Miami, after performing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she placed seventh in the competition.

Personal bests

• Shot put: 13.88 m (45 ft 6+1⁄4 in) (2008)
• Discus throw: 73.09 m (239 ft 9+1⁄2 in) (2024)

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	9th	Discus	52.00 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	1st	Discus	56.01 m
2011	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	Discus	55.26 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	Discus	56.93 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	30th (q)	Discus	57.87 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th	Discus	60.33 m
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	—	Discus	NM
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	5th	Discus	59.38 m1
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	Discus	62.42 m A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	2nd	Discus	64.99 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	Discus	65.46 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st (q)	Discus	65.38 m2
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	Discus	64.82 m
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	Discus	66.00 m
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	Discus	61.97 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus	66.58 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Discus	69.17 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Discus	65.72 m
2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	1st	Discus	62.06 m
	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	7th	Discus	63.07 m

¹Representing the Americas

²No mark in the final

External links

• Yaime Pérez at World Athletics
• Yaime Pérez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Yaime Pérez at Olympics.com