Dailenys Alcántara

Dailenys Alcántara Pacheco (born 10 August 1991) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump and occasionally the long jump. She was the 2007 World Youth champion then became the first person to win two straight triple jump title at the World Junior Championships in Athletics (2008 and 2010). She represented Cuba at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Dailenys Alcántara

Personal information
Full name	Dailenys Alcántara Pacheco
Born	(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 33) Santiago de Cuba
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Updated on 8 January 2015

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alcántara and the second or maternal family name is Pacheco.

Career

Born in Santiago de Cuba,^[1] Alcántara's talent for track and field was identified at a young age. She competed in sprinting events and the high jump, but found most success in the triple jump, taking victories at the Cuban schools games in 2002 and 2004. A triple jump/long jump double followed at the 2006 ESPA high school championships.^{[citation needed]} Her international debut came at the age of fifteen at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She entered the competition as the world's leading youth athlete with her personal best of 14.21 m and claimed the triple jump title ahead of fellow Cuban Josleidy Ribalta.^[2] She also placed seventh in the long jump.^[3]

Despite being one of the younger entrants, Alcántara improved two personal bests at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, jumping 14.25 m to take the triple jump gold medal and 6.41 m to earn herself the long jump bronze medal.^[4][5] She began to establish herself nationally in 2009 by winning the long jump at the Barrientos Memorial and placing third in the triple jump with a Central American and Caribbean junior record of 14.36 m (beating Mabel Gay's former mark).^[6] That year she entered senior international events, winning the long jump at the 2009 ALBA Games and placing sixth at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.^[7] She also won the triple jump at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.^[8]

She focused just on the triple jump from 2010 onwards. She won the Barrientos Memorial that year, setting a best of 14.34 m there.^[9] At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics she became the first athlete to win back-to-back triple jump titles and was over 30 cm ahead of the competition.^[10] The following year she set a personal best of 14.56 m in Havana, then had podium finishes on the Brazilian Athletics Tour. She was one of four Cuban women to compete in the triple jump at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but on her major debut her mark of 13.78 m was not enough to reach the final.^[3] She defeated two-time world champion Yargelis Savigne at the 2012 IAAF Centenary meet in Havana with a personal best jump of 14.58 m.^[11] She came third at the adidas Grand Prix Diamond League meet in New York City in June and made her first Cuban Olympic team a month later.^[12][13]

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Long jump: 6.41 m (wind: +1.9 m/s) – Bydgoszcz, 12 July 2008
• Triple jump: 14.58 m (wind: -1.4 m/s) – La Habana, 27 May 2012

Indoor

• Triple jump: 13.91 m – Madrid, 18 February 2012

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	7th	Long jump	6.09 m (wind: +1.7 m/s)
			1st	Triple jump	13.63 m (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	Long jump	6.41 m (wind: -1.9 m/s)
			1st	Triple jump	14.25 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	1st	Long jump	6.33 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	6th	Long jump	6.07 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Triple jump	13.17 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	1st	Triple jump	14.09 m (wind: +2.0 m/s)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, Korea	23rd (q)	Triple jump	13.78 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	16th (q)	Triple jump	13.97 m (wind: +1.6 m/s)
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	Triple jump	14.29 m A (wind: 0.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	Triple jump	14.09 m A (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	5th	Triple jump	14.04 m (w)
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	8th	Triple jump	13.45 m (w)

References

1. Dailenys Alcantara Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. London2012. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
2. Arcoleo, Laura (12 July 2007). Girls Triple Jump Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
3. Alcántara Dailenys. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
4. Arcoleo, Laura (12 July 2008). Women's Long Jump. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
5. Arcoleo, Laura (10 July 2008). Women's Triple Jump. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
6. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (1 June 2009). Savigne, Copello and Lopez shine at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
7. 2009 CAC Championships Women's Triple Jump^{[permanent dead link]}. CAC2009. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
8. Pan American Junior Championships Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
9. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (23 March 2010). Barrios steals the show at Barrientos Memorial. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
10. Women's Triple Jump final. IAAF (23 July 2010). Retrieved 2012-07-24.
11. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (28 May 2012). Ortega upsets Robles at IAAF Centennial Anniversary meet in Havana. IAAF. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
12. Cuba announces team of 47 for London Games. IAAF (16 July 2012). Retrieved 2012-07-21.
13. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dailenys Alcántara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.

External links

• Dailenys Alcántara at World Athletics
• Dailenys Alcántara at Diamond League
• Dailenys Alcántara at Olympedia
• Dailenys Alcántara at Olympics.com
• Dailenys Alcántara at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)