Arialis Gandulla

Arialis Gandulla
Full name	Arialis Josefa Gandulla Martínez
nation	Cuba
birthday	22nd June 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Cuba
size	170 cm
Weight	75 kg
Career
discipline	100 m , 200 m
Best performance	11.30 s, 23.08 s
status	active
last change: October 26, 2017

Arialis Josefa Gandulla Martínez (born June 22, 1995 ) is a Cuban sprinter .

Athletic career

For the first time at an international championship, Arialis Gandulla appeared at the 2013 Pan American Youth Games in Medellín , where she won the gold medal over 100 and 200 meters. In 2014 she finished sixth over 200 meters at the Junior World Championships in Eugene, and she just missed a medal in fourth at the Pan American Sports Festival. At the Central America and Caribbean Games in Xalapa , she was fifth over 100 meters and fourth over 200 meters and also won the bronze medal with the Cuban 4 x 100 meter relay.

In 2015, she participated in the Pan American Games in Toronto . In both individual disciplines she reached the semi-finals and with the Cuban relay she was disqualified in the final. A little later she retired from the NACAC Championships in San José over 200 meters in the preliminary round. Nevertheless, she qualified for the World Championships in Beijing , where she was eliminated in the preliminary round over 200 meters . In 2016 she won the silver medal over 200 meters at the U23 NACAC championships in San Salvador . At the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , she was eliminated over 200 meters in the first round.

She has been Cuban champion nine times in total.

Personal bests

• 100 m: 11.30 s (+0.4 m / s), May 27, 2016 in Havana
• 200 m: 23.08 s (+1.6 m / s), July 23, 2015 in Toronto

Web links

• Arialis Gandulla in the database of World Athletics (English)