Denia Caballero

Denia Caballero

nation

Cuba

birthday

13th January 1990 (age 30)

place of birth

Caibarién , Villa Clara Province , Cuba

size

175 cm

Weight

70 kg

Career

discipline

Discus throw

status

active

Medal table

last change: October 11, 2019

Denia Caballero Ponce (born January 13, 1990 in Caibarién ) is a Cuban discus thrower .

In 2011 she won the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships, finished ninth at the World Championships in Daegu and won bronze at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara .

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she was eliminated in qualifying, and at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow , she was eighth.

In 2014 she won the Central American and Caribbean Games and in 2015 the Pan American Games in Toronto . She also won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing . She is the first Cuban world champion in the discus throw in history. She set her personal best of 70.65 m on June 20, 2015 in Bilbao . At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she won the bronze medal behind the Croatian defending champion Sandra Perković (69.21 m) and the French Mélina Robert-Michon (66.73 m) with a width of 65.34 m .

Denia Caballero is 1.75 m tall and has a competition weight of 70 kg.

Individual evidence

Denia Caballero in the database of World Athletics (English)
Denia Caballero in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Denia Caballero in the Cuban state online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)

personal data
SURNAME	Caballero, Denia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Caballero Ponce, Denia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cuban discus thrower
DATE OF BIRTH	January 13, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	Caibarién