Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born 25 December 1984) is a Cuban sprint hurdler.
Career Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds. She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia's Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.
Personal bests Outdoor EventPointsVenueDate100 metres 11.80 Alcalá de Henares, Spain 7 July 2007100 metres hurdles 12.95 Cali, Colombia 5 July 2008
Indoor EventPointsVenueDate60 metres hurdles 8.09 Valencia, Spain 10 February 200760 metres hurdles 8.09 Chemnitz, Germany 23 February 2007 All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements Representing 2005ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba1st100 m hurdles13.29 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas4th (h)100 m hurdles13.60 s (wind: +1.7 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m relay45.07 s2006NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic4th100 m hurdles13.35 s (wind: +0.4 m/s)2006Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia10th (h)100 m hurdles14.25 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)3rd4 × 400 m relay3:36.34 min2007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil9th (h)100 m hurdles13.32 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)2nd (h)4 × 100 m relay43.46 sUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand8th100 m hurdles13.33 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2nd100 m hurdles12.95 s A (wind: +1.4 m/s)Olympic GamesBeijing, China32nd (h)100 m hurdles13.43 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)2009ALBA GamesHavana, Cuba2nd100 m hurdles13.10 s w (wind: +3.3 m/s)Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba5th100 m hurdles13.23 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)2011ALBA GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuela1st100 m hurdles13.36 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay45.33 sPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico6th100 m hurdles13.22 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile Sports reference biography