Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez (born October 16, 1998)[1] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She rose to prominence as a first-year senior in 2014 but soon encountered an injury that sidelined her for two seasons until she returned in 2017.
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Full name | Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Santiago de Cuba | October 16, 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2014–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
edit2014
editIn August, Ferrera competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She finished fourth in the all-around but claimed silver in the vault final and bronze in the floor final.[2]
Later, in November, she traveled to Veracruz for the Central American and Caribbean Games. She clinched the vault and floor titles, also grabbing a bronze on balance beam.[3]
2017
editFerrera returned to elite competition in June 2017 at the Central American Sports Festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She won the all-around competition, as well as the vault and floor titles too.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Yesenia Ferrera". 16 September 2015.
- ^ "2014 Pan American Championships Results". 1 September 2014.
- ^ "2014 Central American and Caribbean Games". 3 December 2014.
- ^ "2017 Central American Sports Festival Results". 1 July 2017.