Yesenia Ferrera

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Yesenia Ferrera
Full nameYesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez
Country represented Cuba
Born (1998-10-16) October 16, 1998 (age 23)[1]
Santiago de Cuba
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2014–present

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[]

  1. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Yesenia Ferrera". 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Pan American Championships Results". 1 September 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Central American and Caribbean Games". 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "2017 Central American Sports Festival Results". 1 July 2017.
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