Josleidy Ribalta, Date of Birth

    

Josleidy Ribalta

Cuban triple jumper

Date of Birth: 02-May-1990

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Josleidy Ribalta

  • Josleidy Ribalta Alfonso (Spanish pronunciation: [xos'leiĂ°i ri'Ăźalta]; born 2 May 1990) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump.
  • She has a personal best of 14.61 m for the event. Born in Havana, she competed in the triple jump as a teenager, jumping 13.51 m in 2006 and improving to 13.72 m the following year.
  • In her first international competition, she took the silver medal behind fellow Cuban Dailenys Alcántara at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics.
  • In the next season she set a new best of 13.87 m and was again runner-up to Alcántara on the world stage, this time at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
  • In her final year as a junior (under-19) athlete, she came fifth at the 2009 ALBA Games and cleared fourteen metres for the first time (reaching 14.10 m in Havana).Ribalta came third at the 2010 Barrientos Memorial and was the runner-up at the Olimpiada del Deporte Cubano with a personal best clearance of 14.14 m.
  • She also won a long jump bronze at the competition with a mark of 5.75 m.
  • Her jump of 14.61 m in February 2011 ranked her eighth in the world that year and gained her qualification for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, although she was replaced by Yarianna MartĂ­nez at the event.
  • She had her first win at the Barrientos Memorial that year.At the 2012 IAAF Centenary meet in Havana she cleared 14.30 m to finish second, ahead of two-time world champion Yargelis Savigne.
  • She placed sixth at the New York Diamond League meet and was later selected for the Cuban Olympic team.

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