Yulitza Meneses

Yulitza Meneses

Personal information
Full name	Yulitza Meneses Prieto
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1985-11-09) 9 November 1985 (age 39) Nueva Gerona, Cuba
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Event	Sprint canoe
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara K-2 500 m 2011 Guadalajara K-4 500 m

Yulitza Meneses Prieto (born November 9, 1985, in Nueva Gerona) is a Cuban sprint canoeist.^[1][2]

Biography and career

She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[3][4]

Meneses represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Meneses and her partner Dayexi Gandarela paddled to a sixth-place finish and fourteenth overall in the B-final by approximately three seconds behind the Slovakian pair (Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová), posting their time of 1:50.124.^[5]

References

1. "Yulitza Meneses". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yulitza Meneses". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
3. Guevara, Yuri (31 October 2011). "Cuban Gold in Rowing at Pan American Games". Juventud Rebelde. Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
4. "Cuba gana oro y Argentina plata en K2 500m de canotaje femenino" [Cuba and Argentina wins gold and silver in women's canoeing] (in Spanish). Terra Deportes. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
5. "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile