| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 June 1986 Apartadó, Colombia |
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Triple jump, long jump |
Yosiris Urrutia Chaverra (born 26 June 1986) is a Colombian athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. [1] [2] She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing tenth. She also won the bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games. She represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]
Her personal bests are 14.58 metres in the triple jump (+0.7 m/s, Monaco 2014) and 6.53 metres in the long jump (-5.3 m/s, Cali 2010).
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