Mabel Gay

Mabel Gay Tamayo (born 5 May 1983 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban triple jumper.^[1][2]

Mabel Gay

Gay in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Mabel Gay Tamayo
Born	(1983-05-05) May 5, 1983 (age 41) Santiago de Cuba
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Cuba World Championships 2009 Berlin Triple jump World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Triple jump CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2002 Bridgetown Triple jump
Updated on 27 January 2015

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

Her personal best jump is 14.67 metres, achieved in September 2011 in Daegu.

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Long jump: 6.28 m – Rio de Janeiro, 17 May 2009
• Triple jump: 14.67 m – Daegu, 1 September 2011

Indoor

• Triple jump: 14.57 m – Budapest, 5 March 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1998	World Youth Games	Moscow, Russia	10th (q)	1.65 m (High jump)
			1st	13.41 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	13.82 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	4th	13.74 m w (wind: +3.2 m/s)
2001	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	13.63 m
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	14.18 m
	CAC Junior Championships (U20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	13.93 m
	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	14.09 m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	14.42 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	14.52 m (PB)
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th	14.49 m
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	13.97 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	18th (q)	13.83 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th (q)	13.93 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	14.20 m
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	14.57 m (wind: +2.0 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	14.26 m
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	14.19 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	15th (q)	14.09 m
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	14.52 m w (wind: +3.0 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	14.48 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	14.61 m
	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	14.62 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	14.30 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	4th	14.67 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	3rd	14.28 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	14.29 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	14.45 m
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	1st	14.53m A (wind: -0.1 m/s)

References

1. XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
2. Biography - GAY Mabel, PASO, archived from the original on January 27, 2015, retrieved January 27, 2015

External links

• Mabel Gay at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mabel Gay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.