Yuniel Hernández
Personal information
Full nameYuniel Hernández Solar
Born (1981-03-28) March 28, 1981
Caimito, Artemisa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
Updated on 20 June 2013.

Yuniel Hernández Solar (born 28 March 1981) is a Cuban hurdler.

His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca when he was still only 20 years old. The result places him sixth (joint with Erik Batte) among Cuban 110 m hurdlers, behind Anier García, Dayron Robles, Emilio Valle, Alejandro Casañas and Yoel Hernández.[1]

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 200 m: 21.24 s (wind: +1.2 m/s) – Cuba Havana, 18 March 2005
  • 110 m hurdles: 13.26 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) – Spain Salamanca, 18 March 2005

Indoor

  • 50 m hurdles: 6.56 s – Germany Stuttgart, 4 February 2001
  • 60 m hurdles: 7.54 s – Greece Pireás, 20 February 2002

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
1997 Pan American Junior Championships Havana, Cuba 6th 110 m hurdles 14.90 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1998 World Youth Games Moscow, Russia 4th 110 m hurdles 14.19 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 1st 110 m hurdles 13.60 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 5th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.56 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)
Universiade Beijing, China 1st (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.66 s (wind: -2.3 m/s)
2nd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.34 s
2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st 110 m hurdles 13.35 s (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 60 m hurdles 7.58 s
Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 1st (h) 110 m hurdles 13.65 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 4th (qf) 110 m hurdles 13.46 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.80 s (wind: +0.9 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.77 s
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st 110 m hurdles 13.58 s (wind: +1.3 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.34 s

References


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