Yadisleidy Pedroso

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Yadisleidy Pedroso
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Yadisleidy Pedroso in 2018
Personal information
Full nameYadisleidis Pedroso González
Nickname(s)Yadis
Nationality Italian
Born (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 36)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles
ClubCUS Pisa Atletica Cascina
Coached byMassimo Matrone
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m hs: 54.54 (2013)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
CAC Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Havana 400 m hs
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
European Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Lille 400 m hs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Cheboksary 400 m hs
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tarragona 400 m hs

Yadisleidy Pedroso (Havana, 28 January 1987) is an Italian hurdler. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 400 m hurdles. [1]

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Biography

She has been an Italian citizen from 7 February 2013, but she was unable compete for the Italian national athletics team before 13 December 2013. [2] Pedroso formerly represented Cuba and became an Italian citizen through her marriage to her coach Massimo Matrone. [3]

National records

Italian records in athletics

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 1st400 m hurdles58.23
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 2nd400 m hurdles57.73
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2014 European Championships Zurich, Switzerland 5th400 m hurdles 55.90
2015 European Team Championships Cheboksary, Russia 3rd400 m hurdles 55.18
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th400 m hurdles 55.78
2017 European Team Championships Lille, France 2nd400 m hurdles 55.39
World Championships London, United Kingdom 13th (sf)400 m hurdles 55.95
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 1st400 m hurdles 55.40
European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th400 m hurdles 55.80
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (sf)400 m hurdles 55.40
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 16th (sf)400 m hurdles 55.80

National titles

He won five national championships.

See also

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References

  1. "Athletics - PEDROSO Yadisleidis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  2. "Pedroso 400hs da record 54.54" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Sampaolo, Diego (29 July 2013). "Caravelli's double highlights". International Association of Athletics Federations . Retrieved 13 August 2014.