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Yipsi Moreno

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Yipsi Moreno González (born 19 November 1980, in Camagüey) is a Cuban-born naturalized Albanian hammer thrower. She is a triple world champion and Olympic gold medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder. In 2016, after the 2008 Olympic gold medallist Belarus athlete Aksana Miankova received a disqualification by IAAF, Moreno became Olympic hammer throw champion for Cuba in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Yipsi Moreno is the 2,842nd most popular athlete (up from 2,941st in 2024), the 192nd most popular biography from Cuba (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yipsi Moreno ranks 2,842 out of 6,025. Before her are Tatyana Lysenko, Kim Jae-bum, Yekaterina Volkova, Lucyna Langer, Alan Pascoe, and Yang Hao. After her are Jefferson Pérez, Djabir Saïd-Guerni, Willi Wülbeck, Charlotte and Laura Tremble, Kathrin Boron, and Pete Desjardins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Yipsi Moreno ranks 445. Before her are Andrew Barron, Jeanette Biedermann, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ayọ, Cabore, and Brandão. After her are Kristen Connolly, Tanja Poutiainen, Michelle McCool, Samira Makhmalbaf, Sido, and Konnor.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Yipsi Moreno ranks 192 out of 300. Before her are Wilfredo León (1993), Tania Bruguera (1968), Ana Fernández (1973), Pedro Pablo Pichardo (1993), Jose Canseco (1964), and John H. Sununu (1939). After her are Yumileidi Cumbá (1975), Mayra Andrade (1985), Jorge Hernández (1954), Yarelys Barrios (1983), Orlando Zapata (1967), and Jorge Gutiérrez (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Yipsi Moreno ranks 17. Before her are Ariel Hernández (1970), Luis Delís (1957), Estela Rodríguez (1967), Dayron Robles (1986), Anier García (1976), and Pedro Pablo Pichardo (1993). After her are Yumileidi Cumbá (1975), Yarelys Barrios (1983), Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (1962), Silvia Chivás (1954), Arnaldo Mesa (1967), and Osleidys Menéndez (1979).

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