Julia Duporty

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Julia Duporty
Personal information
Born (1971-02-09) February 9, 1971 (age 54)
Guantánamo, Cuba
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 400m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 Mar del Plata4x400m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg 4x400m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Havana 4x400m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Mexico City 4x100m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1990 Mexico City4x400m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Ponce 400m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1993 Ponce4x100m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1993 Ponce4x400m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Maracaibo 4x400m relay
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Catania 4x400m relay
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Plovdiv 4x400m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Havana 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Havana 4 × 100 m relay

Esther Julia "Daysi" Duporty Torres (born February 9, 1971, in ) is a retired sprinter from Cuba, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She set her personal best (50.61) in the women's 400 metres event on 6 September 1994 in Madrid.

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Career

Duporty had success as a young athlete at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, where she was runner-up in the women's 200 m behind Revoli Campbell in 1990. [1] She began competing at the top level of athletics in 1991: after winning a silver medal with the Cuban 4 × 400 metres women's relay team at the 1991 Pan American Games, she competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. She reached the semi-finals of the 200 m and she was sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay, forming part of a team with Pan American champion Liliana Allen. She made her first Olympic appearance at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the relay, but the team was disqualified in the event.

She stepped up a distance at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games, winning the gold medal over 400 metres as well as the 400 m relay title with Cuba. [2] She also won the 200 m bronze medal at the 1993 CAC Championships (which was won by fellow Cuban Idalmis Bonne). [3] She helped the Cuban team to sixth place again at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, this time setting a Cuban record of 42.89 seconds.

The 1994 season did not feature a major championships, but she picked up medals elsewhere: she took the relay bronze after coming fifth in the individual 400 m at the 1994 IAAF World Cup and won two further relay medals at the 1994 Goodwill Games. She was a semi-finalist in the 400 m at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, but it was at the 1995 Pan American Games where she excelled, winning the 400 m individual and relay titles as well as coming fourth in the 200 m. [4] She took part in her second Olympic relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics and helped the Cuban team to sixth place in the 4×400 m final. At the 1996 Ibero-American Championships, she became the 400 m champion with a winning run of 50.84 seconds. [5]

She regained her 400 m and relay titles at the 1997 CAC Championships. At the 1998 Ibero-American Championships she won the 200 m bronze behind Lucrécia Jardim and Liliana Allen. [5] In the final years of her international career, she was confined to the relay races at the major championships. She won the gold with the Cuban 4×400 m relay team at the 1999 Pan American Games and seventh in the final at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In her third and final Olympic appearance she finished eighth in the women's 400 m relay. [6]

Duporty won the Cuban title over 400 m on five separate occasions between 1994 and 2000 – a streak interrupted only by Ana Fidelia Quirot in 1996 and Zulia Calatayud in 1999. [7]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
1988 CAC Junior Championships (U-20) Nassau, Bahamas 5th200 m25.19   (-0.3 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay46.76
1989 Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 5th4 × 100 m relay 44.73
1990 CAC Junior Championships (U-20) Havana, Cuba 4th100 m11.92   (-0.4 m/s)
2nd200 m23.80   (-0.5 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay45.64
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 8th200 m 23.91 (+1.3 m/s)
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:31.81
Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 6th100 m 11.99 (w)
1st4 × 100 m relay 44.54
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:36.27
1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:24.91
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 6th (sf)200 m 23.58   (-3.4 m/s)
6th4 × 100 m relay 43.75
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain5th400m 53.80
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:33.43
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 4 × 400 m relay DSQ
1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd4 × 100 m relay44.64
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:28.95
Universiade Buffalo, United States 4 × 100 m relay DQ
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 6th4 × 100 m relay 42.89 NR
4 × 400 m relay DNF
Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 1st400 m 51.81
1st4 × 100 m relay 44.59
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:31.27
1994 IAAF World Cup London, United Kingdom5th400 m 52.48 [8]
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:27.91 [8]
1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 4th200 m 23.44
1st400 m 50.77
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:27.45
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden5th (sf)400 m 51.85
7th4 × 400 m relay 3:29.27
1996 Ibero-American Championships Medellín, Colombia 1st400 m 50.84
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States6th4 × 400 m relay 3:25.85
1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st400 m51.96
1st4 × 400 m relay3:29.30
Universiade Catania, Italy2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:29.00
1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal3rd200 m 23.52
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:34.46
Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 7th200 m 23.95
5th400 m 52.51
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:29.65
1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st4 × 400 m relay 3:26.70
World Championships Seville, Spain7th4 × 400 m relay 3:29.19
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 8th4 × 400 m relay 3:29.47

References

  1. Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-21.
  2. Central American and Caribbean Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-21.
  3. Central American and Caribbean Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-21.
  4. Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-21.
  5. 1 2 Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-21.
  6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daysi Duporty". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  7. Cuban Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-21.
  8. 1 2 Representing the Americas