Yargelis Savigne

Yargelis Savigne

Yargelis Savigne during the 2010 Memorial Van Damme.
Personal information
Born	(1984-11-13) November 13, 1984 (age 37) Niceto Pérez, Guantanamo
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple Jump, Long Jump
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Triple jump World Championships 2007 Osaka Triple jump 2009 Berlin Triple jump 2005 Helsinki Triple jump 2005 Helsinki long jump World indoor championships 2008 Valencia Triple jump 2010 Doha Triple jump Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Triple jump 2011 Guadalajara Triple jump 2003 Santo Domingo Long jump 2007 Rio de Janeiro Long jump Continental Cup 2010 Split Long jump 2010 Split Triple jump CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2002 Bridgetown Long jump
Updated on 13 June 2013.

Yargelis Savigne Herrera (born 13 November 1984 in Niceto Pérez, Guantanamo) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.

Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively. She continued her form throughout the year to place third at the World Athletics Final with 14.81.

She won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in the triple jump, with a distance of 15.28 m. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships, Savigne lay in second before her final attempt, with an area record of 14.95 m, behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi's Greek record of 15.00 m. However, Savigne jumped 15.05 m on her final attempt to take the gold medal.

Savigne won her second major outdoor gold medal at the 2009 World Championships. Her jump of 14.95 m was enough to win in a modest competition which saw compatriot Mabel Gay take silver with 14.61 m.^[1] The following year she won the silver medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing behind Olga Rypakova who made the third longest indoor jump ever for the gold.^[2] In the outdoor season, she improved her long jump best to 6.91 m in Reims at a meeting on the Alma Athlé Tour, despite having trouble with her right ankle. She remained focused on her triple jump speciality, however, aiming to return to her 2007 peak form.^[3]

Personal bests[]

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements[]

Savigne (right) and Mabel Gay at the 2009 World Championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
2002	CAC Junior Championships (U20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	Long jump	6.25 m (wind: -1.3 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	14th (q)	Long jump	6.00 m (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	Long jump	6.40 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2005	CAC Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	Long jump	6.88 m (wind: +4.6 m/s) w
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	Long jump	6.69 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			2nd	Triple jump	14.82 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) PB
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	Triple jump	14.81 m (wind: +1.5 m/s)
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	Long jump	6.51 m
			5th	Triple jump	14.72 m PB
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	Long jump	6.60 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			1st	Triple jump	14.99 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) NR
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	Triple jump	15.28 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) PB
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Long jump	6.66 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			1st	Triple jump	14.80 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) GR
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	Triple jump	14.78 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	Triple jump	15.05 m (wind: +. m/s) PB
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	17th (q)	Long jump	6.49 m (wind: +.1 m/s)
			3rd	Triple jump	15.05 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	Triple jump	14.70 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
	CAC Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Triple jump	14.97 (wind: -0.5 m/s) CR
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	Triple jump	14.95 m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Triple jump	14.86 m
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	Triple jump	14.62 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	6th	Triple jump	14.43 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	Triple jump	14.36 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	4th	Triple jump	14.28 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	Triple jump	14.12 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)

References[]

External links[]

• Yargelis Savigne at World Athletics
• Yargelis Savigne at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Tilastopaja biography
• Ecured biography (in Spanish)