Davisleydi Velazco

Davisleydi Velazco
Velazco at the 2026 Bislett Games
Personal information
NationalityCuban
BornDavisleydi Velazco
(1999-09-04) 4 September 1999
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsTriple jump: 15.13m (Doha, 2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Cuba
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 FreeportTriple jump
IAAF World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 TampereTriple jump

Davisleydi Velazco (born 4 September 1999) is a Cuban athlete who competes in the triple jump. She won bronze at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships and went on to represent Cuba at the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

Her jump of 14.34m on 21 March 2020 was the sixth longest jump in the world that year.[2] At the 2020 Summer Games Velazco finished eighth in her heat with a jump of 14.14 metres.[3] She also finished 8th in her qualifying round at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, jumping 13.94m.[4]

She finished as runner-up to compatriot Leyanis Perez in the triple jump at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in the 2025 Diamond League, in Brussels, Belgium in August 2025, with a best jump of 14.72 metres.[5] She finished third with 14.65 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[6]

On 10 June 2026, Velazco won her first Diamond League event, with victory at the 2026 Bislett Games in Oslo, winning ahead of Saly Sarr and her compatriot Leyanis Perez.[7] On 19 June, she won her second at the 2026 Doha Diamond League, setting a new personal best of 15.13 metres (+1.3) with Perez and Sarr again second and third.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Davisleydi VELAZCO | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "Triple Jump - women - senior - outdoor - 2020". worldathletics.org.
  3. ↑ "Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  4. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Athletics - Women's Triple Jump results". BBCSport. 30 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Lutkenhaus and Cheruiyot win brilliant battles in Oslo". World Athletics. 10 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Zapletalová and Paulino break meeting records in Doha". World Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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