Misleydis González

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

Misleydis González Tamayo (Spanish pronunciation: [misˈlejðis ɣonˈsales]; born June 19, 1978, in Bayamo, Granma) is a female shot putter from Cuba.^[1] Her personal best throw is 19.50 metres, achieved in August 2008 in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing en route to winning the Olympic silver medal. She has represented Cuba at the Summer Olympics three times, coming seventh in 2004 and second in 2008, and five times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011)

Misleydis González

Personal information
Full name	Misleydis González Tamayo
Born	(1978-06-19) June 19, 1978 (age 46) Bayamo, Granma
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot Put
Updated on 26 June 2013

She is a two-time Pan American Games champion in the event (2007 and 2011) and a three-time champion at the Central American and Caribbean Championships. She was the bronze medallist at the 2005 Summer Universiade. González placed fourth in the shot put at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Shot put: 19.50 m – Beijing, 16 August 2008

Indoor

• Shot put: 18.86 m – Valencia, 28 February 2010

International competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	Shot put (4 kg)	14.54 m
1997	Pan American Junior Championships	Havana, Cuba	4th	Shot put (4 kg)	14.47 m
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	Shot put	17.20 m
2003	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	1st	Shot put	18.09 m
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	4th	Shot put	17.99 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	Shot put	18.41 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	2nd	Shot put	18.65 m
	Olympic Games	Olympia, Greece	6th	Shot put	18.59 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	Shot put	18.01 m
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	3rd	Shot put	18.26 m
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	Shot put	18.80 m
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Shot put	18.83 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th	Shot put	18.14 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	Shot put	18.75 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	Shot put	19.50 m
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	3rd	Shot put	18.41 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Shot put	19.13 m CR
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	8th	Shot put	18.74 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	Shot put	18.77 m
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	1st	Shot put	18.52 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	16th (q)	Shot put	18.24 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1st	Shot put	18.57 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	11th (q)	Shot put	17.32 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd	Shot put	18.03 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (q)	Shot put	17.68 m

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

External links

• Misleydis González at World Athletics
• Misleydis González at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Tilastopaja biography
• Picture of Misleydis González