Davisleydi Velazco

Last updated
Davisleydi Velazco
Personal information
Birth nameDavisleydi Velazco
NationalityCuban
Born (1999-09-04) 4 September 1999 (age 25)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event Triple jump
Medal record
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Freeport Triple jump
IAAF World U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tampere Triple jump

Davisleydi Velazco (born 4 September 1999) is a Cuban athlete who competes in the triple jump. She won bronze at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships and went on to represent Cuba at the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games. [1]

Career

Her jump of 14.34m on 21 March 2020 was the sixth longest jump in the world that year. [2] At the 2020 Summer Games Velazco finished eighth in her heat with a jump of 14.14 metres. [3] She also finished 8th in her qualifying round at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, jumping 13.94m. [4]

She finished as runner-up to compatriot Leyanis Perez in the triple jump at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in the 2025 Diamond League, in Brussels, Belgium in August 2025, with a best jump of 14.72 metres. [5] She finished third with 14.65 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [6]

References

  1. "Davisleydi VELAZCO | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. "Triple Jump - women - senior - outdoor - 2020". worldathletics.org.
  3. "Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  4. "Tokyo Olympics: Athletics - Women's Triple Jump results". BBCSport. 30 July 2021.
  5. "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  6. "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.