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| Birth name | Davisleydi Velazco | |||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||
| Born | 4 September 1999 | |||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||
| Event(s) | Triple jump | |||||||
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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. [1]
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]
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