Yesenia Ferrera
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Full name | Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Santiago de Cuba | October 16, 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez (born October 16, 1998)[2] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She rose to prominence as a first-year senior in 2014 but soon encountered an injury that sidelined her for two seasons until she returned in 2017.
Career[]
2014[]
In August, Ferrera competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She finished fourth in the all-around but claimed silver in the vault final and bronze in the floor final.[3]
Later, in November, she traveled to Veracruz for the Central American and Caribbean Games. She clinched the vault and floor titles, also grabbing a bronze on balance beam.[4]
2017[]
Ferrera returned to elite competition in June 2017 at the Central American Sports Festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She won the all-around competition, as well as the vault and floor titles too.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk.
- ^ "Yesenia Ferrera". 16 September 2015.
- ^ "2014 Pan American Championships Results". 1 September 2014.
- ^ "2014 Central American and Caribbean Games". 3 December 2014.
- ^ "2017 Central American Sports Festival Results". 1 July 2017.
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Cuban female artistic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
- Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games