Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández (born 18 October 1978) is a discus thrower. Born in Cuba, he represented his country of birth until May 2008, then Spain.
Career In the 2008 Olympic Games he competed for Spain, reaching the fifth position in the final.
His personal best throw is 67.91 metres, which he achieved in June 2008 in Castellón.
Achievements Representing 1996Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)San Salvador, El Salvador1stDiscus53.08 mWorld Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 3rdDiscus54.86 m1997Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSan Juan, Puerto Rico3rdDiscus55.32 m1998Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 2ndDiscus59.38 m1999Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada4thDiscus60.20 m2000Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rdDiscus59.87 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia24thDiscus60.84 m2003Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 2ndDiscus62.61 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France11th (q)Discus59.99 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece17thDiscus60.60 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland10th (q)Discus60.94 mRepresenting 2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China5thDiscus66.49 m2009Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 1stDiscus65.58 m GRWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th (q)Discus61.10 m2010Ibero-American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain 2ndDiscus62.08 mEuropean Championships Barcelona, Spain11thDiscus62.15 m2012European Championships Helsinki, Finland5thDiscus63.60 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom7thDiscus65.56 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9thDiscus62.89 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland8thDiscus61.47 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands24th (q)Discus59.06 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil25th (q)Discus59.96 m2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain10thDiscus55.73 m
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