Leyanis Pérez
Leyanis Pérez in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Born | Leyanis Perez Hernandez 10 January 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
Event | triple jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Long Jump: 6.63m (San Salvador, 2023) Triple Jump 14.98 (San Salvador, 2023) |
Medal record | |
Leyanis Pérez Hernández (born 10 January 2002) is a Cuban triple jumper. She is the reigning women's World Champion in the triple jump, both indoors and outdoors, having won gold medals at the 2025 World Athletics Championships and 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Early life
From Pinar del Río, she has a twin sister, Lidianis, who is a handball player. Leyanis joined a sports school at the age of ten years-old and trained in both the high jump and triple jump. In 2018, she focused more on the triple jump and jumped over 14 metres for the first time by leaping 14.13m in her first official competition of 2019.[2]
Career
Early career: Junior Pan American champion
In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Pan American U20 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, in her first international event.[2]
Her jump of 14.15m on 21 March 2020 was the fifteenth longest jump in the world that year, and the world leading distance by a junior.[3][4] She made the qualifying mark for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in May 2021 by jumping 14.46m (wind assisted) and then 14.32m.[5] Unfortunately, a late injury meant she traveled to Tokyo but could not compete. She did however, win gold in the triple jump at the Junior Pan American Games in Cali in late 2021.[6]
2022-2024: World Championships medals, Indoors and Outdoors
She finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and improved her personal best by 12cm with her second-round 14.70m.[7]
She earned a silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in July 2023, with a personal best of 14.98m. On 28 May, she achieved her first victory at a Diamond League meeting, leaping 14.84m in Rabat.[8] She won the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, with a jump of 14.96m.[9] She won the gold medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile in November 2023.[10]
She won silver at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a distance of 14.90m.[11][12]
In May 2024, she won the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon with a distance of 14.73 metres.[13] In June 2024, she won the Diamond League event in Stockholm.[14] On 12 July, she jumped 14.96 metres to win at the Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.[15] She competed in the triple jump at the Paris Olympics, placing fifth overall.[16]
2025: Double World Championship gold medals
The following year, she was awarded a wild card place for the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, following her performances on the World Indoor Tour.[17] At the Championships, she won the gold medal in the women's triple jump, with her first round jump of 14.93 metres.[18] She was runner-up with 14.46 metres at the Diamond League event at the Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025.[19] She won the triple jump at the Bislett Games on 12 June and at the Memorial van Damme, in Brussels on 22 August, with jumps of 14.72m and 14.78m, respectively.[20][21] She won the triple jump with 14.91 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[22]
On 18 September, she won the gold medal in the women's triple jump at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, securing gold with a world leading triple jump distance of 14.94m.[23][24]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Cuba | |||||
| 2019 | Pan American U20 Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 2nd | 13.21 m | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | − | DNS | |
| Junior Pan American Games | Cali, Colombia | 1st | 14.39 m | ||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 11th | 13.99 m | |
| Ibero-American Championships | La Nucía, Spain | 1st | 14.58 m | ||
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 4th | 14.70 m | ||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 14.96 m | |
| Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | 14.75 m | ||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2nd | 14.90 m | |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 5th | 14.68 m | ||
| 2025 | World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China | 1st | 14.93 m | |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 14.94 m | ||
References
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- ^ a b "Rising triple jump talent Perez turns Tokyo disappointment into major motivation". World Athletics. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Triple Jump Women - U20 Outdoor 2020". WorldAthletics.org. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Triple Jump Women - Senior Outdoor 2020". WorldAthletics.org. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Triplista Leyanis Pérez se convierte en la octava pinareña clasificada a Tokio". rguama.icrt.cu (in Spanish). 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Newman, Ed (4 January 2022). "Cuban triple jumper on the cover of World Athletics website". Radiohc.cu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Rojas rockets to record third world triple jump title in Oregon | REPORT | WCH 22 | World Athletics". Archived from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ^ "The Latina stars who inspire Hispanic and Latino athletes in 2023". World Athletics. 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Last-gasp Rojas wins fourth straight world triple jump gold". France24.com. 25 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Jacks, Bradley (November 4, 2023). "Dominica's Thea LaFond jumps 14.25m for triple jump bronze at 2023 Pan American Games behind Cuba's Leyanis Perez and Liadagmis Povea". Sportsmax. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Athletics Results - Athletics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Triple Jump Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "2024 Prefontaine Classic: Sha'Carri Richardson Wins Big, Joe Kovacs Throws Far and Keely Hodgkinson Crushes Mary Moraa". Lets Run. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Hull breaks world 2000m record with 5:19.70 in Monaco". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "11 World Indoor Tour champions win wild cards for Nanjing". World Athletics. 4 March 2025. Archived from the original on 23 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Duplantis and Holloway claim third successive world indoor titles at WIC Nanjing 25". World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Chebet goes No.2 all time with 14:03.69 5000m in Rome". World Athletics. 6 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (12 June 2025). "RECORD-BREAKING WARHOLM BACK TO HIS BEST". Athletics Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ Jeffery, Nicole (18 September 2025). "Perez Hernandez leaps world lead to win triple jump title in Tokyo". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "McLaughlin-Levrone steals the show at worlds, Botswana take men's one-lap gold". France 24. 2025-09-19. Retrieved 2025-09-19.