Kendry Menéndez
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kendry Lazaro Menéndez Fuentes 14 March 2006 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60mH: 7.56 (Lodz, 2026) 110mH: 13.01 (London, 2026) |
Kendry Lazaro Menéndez Fuentes (born 14 March 2006) is a Cuban-born high hurdler, based in Qatar.[1]
Biography
Trained at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, in February 2025, Menéndez won the Qatar Indoor Meeting in Doha in 7.46 seconds for the 60 metres hurdles (99 cm hurdles). This came after he ran an unratified 7.48 seconds the previous month.[2][3] At the Grand Prix Brescia, in Italy, in July 2025, Menéndez was third in a personal best 13.28 seconds (+0.0 m/s) for the 110 metres hurdles behind Dylan Beard and Cordell Tinch, a time which tied him for fourth on the world U20 all-time list.[4] The following month, he won in Belgrade, Serbia, winning in 13.42 seconds, finishing ahead of South Africa's Mondray Barnard.[5]
As a 19 year-old in his first indoor season over senior height hurdles, he ran a personal best of 7.61 seconds to win the 60 m hurdles at the Aarhus Sprint'n'Jump in January 2026 in Denmark.[6] Later that month, he lowered his personal best to 7.56 seconds at the Orlen Cup Lodz, in Poland.[7] He equalled that best the following month at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée in France.[8]
In May 2026, Menéndez ran 13.26 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles at the Saudi Athletics Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia.[9][10] That month, he set a personal best and meeting record 13.07 seconds (+1.6) in the preliminary round at the Irena Szewińska Memorial in Bydgoszcz, Poland, before placing second to Jamal Britt in the final later in the day.[11][12] On 16 June, Menendez won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.14 seconds at the Golden Spike Ostrava and on 19 June placed fifth at the 2026 Doha Diamond League.[13][14] Competing at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb on 26 June, he ran the 110m hurdles in a new personal best of 13.02 seconds.[15] He placed sixth on 28 June at the 2026 Meeting de Paris.[16] At the 2026 London Athletics Meet on 18 July, Menendez ran a personal best for second in 13.01, finishing behind world record holder Ja'Kobe Tharp.[17] He placed second at the 2026 Athletissima in Lausanne on 21 August, running into a headwind and finishing with a time of 13.20.[18]
References
- ↑ "Kendry Menendez". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Qatar Indoor Meeting". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Aspire-trained Fuentes clocks third all-time best at Indoor Sprint Meet". The Peninsilar. 2 Jan 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Perez Hernandez Jumps to World Lead in Brescia; Caribbean Athletes on the Podium". Track Alerts. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Graham, Raymond (August 8, 2025). "Massive 100m PB for Moore". Jamaican Star. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (21 Jan 2026). "Robertson hits world indoor 60m standard aged 35 in Aarhus Sprint'n'Jump". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (25 Jan 2026). "Best ever season's opener for Karalis and Topic equals Serbian record in Lodz". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ Henry, Mellissa (February 19, 2026). "Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF Full Results". World Track. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Saudi Athletics Grand Prix". World Athletics. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Global medallists return to Poland as Continental Tour continues in Bydgoszcz". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "8th Irena Szewińska Memorial". World Athletics. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Britt and Kozák clinch hurdles wins as records fall in Bydgoszcz". World Athletics. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Lyles smashes world 150m best in Ostrava". World Athletics. 16 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "LaFond sails to world-leading 15.25m in Zagreb". World Athletics. 26 Jun 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Paris Diamond League (Meeting de Paris) 2026". Watch Athletics. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (18 July 2026). "Kerr Headlines Novuna London Athletics Meet as Mile World Record Shattered". Diamondleague.com. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "Duplantis clears 6.21m, Karalis 6.16m in historic pole vault contest in Lausanne". World Athletics. 21 August 2026. Retrieved 21 August 2026.