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| Birth name | Yunisleidy De La Caridad Garcia Abreu |
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Born | 18 November 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
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Yunisleidy De La Caridad Garcia Abreu (born 11 August 1999) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. A multiple-time national champion, she was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games over 100 metres. [1]
Garcia was born in Remedios, part of the Villa Clara Province, Cuba. [2]
In August 2022, she competed at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas where her Cuban 4x100m relay team finished fifth in the final. [3]
In May 2023, she set a new personal best of 11.16 seconds for the 100 metres. [4] She then bettered that in the same weekend to see a new national record over 100 metres, clocking 11.08 seconds in Martinique to beat the previous record set by Liliana Allen in 1992. [5] [6] In July 2023, she was a bronze medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, behind winner Julien Alfred. [7] In August 2023, she was named as part of the Cuban squad for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [8]
Competing at the 2023 Pan American Games, she won gold over 100 metres, silver in the 200 metres and gold in the 4x100m relay. [9]
She ran as part of the Cuban 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [10] She competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11]
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