Anisleidis Ochoa

Anisleidis Ochoa
Personal information
Born (2000-10-04) October 4, 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests3000m: 9:36.30 (2022)
5000m: 15:31.35 (2025) NR
10000m: 33:13.0 (2025) NR
3000m S'chase: 4:06.39 (2026)
Road
Half marathon: 1:15:21 (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Medellín5000 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Santo Domingo5000 m
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Freeport5000 m
Silver medal – second place2025 Freeport10,000 m

Anisleidis Ochoa (born 4 October 2000) is a Cuban long-distance runner. She is a multiple time national champion and national record holder over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She was a gold and silver medalist at the 2025 NACAC Championships over 5000 and 10,000 metres.[1]

Career

Ochoa was fifth over 5000 metres at the 2022 NACAC Championships.[2] In April 2023, she won gold medals over 5000 and 10,000 metres in Caracas at the 2023 ALBA Games.[3] In September 2023, she set a new Cuban national record over 10,000 metres in Havana of 33:29.90.[4] She placed sixth over 10,000 metres at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[5]

In February 2025, she made her debut in a 10k run on the road in Cartago, Costa Rica, winning in 33:48 to set a new Cuban national record at the Clásica Candelaria Internacional.[6] She won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, in August 2025.[7][8] She was also the silver medalist over 10,000 metres at the championships.[9] In June 2026, she won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2026 Pan American Athletics Championships in Medellín.[10]

Personal life

Ochoa is from Guantánamo Province.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Anisleidis Ochoa". World Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  2. ↑ "NACAC Championsips". World Athletics. August 19, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Cubana Ochoa, Queen of Long Distance Running in ALBA Athletics". prensa-latina.cu. April 29, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ochoa impuso récord nacional en Memorial Molina de Atletismo". jit.cu. September 18, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Pan American Games". World Athletics. November 4, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Long-distance runner Anisleidis Ochoa sets record with her victory in Costa Rica". jit.cu. February 9, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  7. ↑ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. August 15, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Michalski Runs World Championship Standard To Win Steeplechase Title At Nacac Championships". Runnerspace. August 18, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  9. ↑ "NACAC Championship". World Athletics. August 17, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Pan American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. June 27, 2026. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Long distance runner Anisleidis Ochoa sets a record with her triumph in Costa Rica". Radio Guantanamo. February 10, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2026.