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Cuban modern pentathlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yaniel Velázquez Garcia (born 12 July 1987 in Havana) is a Cuban modern pentathlete.[1] He won a silver medal for the men's event at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which earned him a qualifying place for the Olympics, with an impressive score of 5,344 points.[2]
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Full name | Yaniel Velázquez Garcia |
Nationality | Cuba |
Born | Havana, Cuba | 12 July 1987
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Coached by | Alejandro Guarch, Wilfredo Moreno Matos |
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Velazquez became the nation's first pentathlete to compete in the men's event. During the competition, he made a strong start in the early segments, but struggled to maintain his position in the entire event, when he set the slowest time of 2:16.38 in freestyle swimming. He managed to attain fair scores for horse riding and cross-country running; however, these were insufficient for him to place near the top, placing fifteenth out of thirty-six competitors in the men's event, with a total score of 5,292 points.[3]
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