# Mabel Gay
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{{Short description|Cuban triple jumper (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|headercolor = lightblue
|name = Mabel Gay
|image = Deporcuba entrevista Mabel Gay (cropped).jpg
|caption = Gay in 2008
|fullname = Mabel Gay Tamayo
|nationality =
|residence =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|5|df=y}}
|birth_place = [Santiago de Cuba](/source/Santiago_de_Cuba), Cuba
|death_date =
|death_place =
|height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|64|kg|abbr=on}}
|country = {{CUB}}
|sport = [Athletics](/source/Track_and_field_athletics)
|event =
|show-medals =
|updated = 27 January 2015
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2009 Berlin](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[Triple jump](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Indoor Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2012 Istanbul](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Triple jump](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[CAC Junior Championships](/source/Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) (U20)}}
{{MedalGold |[2002 Bridgetown](/source/2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) | Triple jump}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|Gay|Tamayo|lang=Spanish}}
'''Mabel Gay Tamayo''' (born 5 May 1983) is a [Cuba](/source/Cuba)n [triple jump](/source/triple_jump)er.[{{cite web |title=XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana |url=http://www.inder.cu/beijing2008/Download/PDFs/Boletin/boletin0.pdf |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER) |page=57 |language=es|accessdate=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101225707/http://www.inder.cu/beijing2008/Download/PDFs/Boletin/boletin0.pdf |archivedate=January 1, 2016}}]
Her personal best jump is 14.67 metres, achieved in September 2011 in [Daegu](/source/Daegu).
==Personal bests==
'''Outdoor'''
*Long jump: '''6.28 m''' – [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil, 17 May 2009
*Triple jump: '''14.67 m''' – [Daegu](/source/Daegu), South Korea, 1 September 2011
'''Indoor'''
*Triple jump: '''14.57 m''' – [Budapest](/source/Budapest), Hungary, 5 March 2004
==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{CUB}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|rowspan=2|[World Youth Games](/source/1998_World_Youth_Games)
|rowspan=2|[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia
|10th (q)
|1.65 m (High jump)
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|13.41 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)
|-
|1999
|[World Youth Championships](/source/1999_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Bydgoszcz](/source/Bydgoszcz), Poland
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|13.82 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)
|-
|2000
|[World Junior Championships](/source/2000_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Santiago](/source/Santiago), Chile
|4th
|[13.74 m](/source/2000_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump) '''w''' (wind: +3.2 m/s)
|-
|2001
|[Pan American Junior Championships](/source/2001_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships)
|[Santa Fe](/source/Santa_Fe%2C_Argentina), Argentina
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|13.63 m
|-
|rowspan=3|2002
|[Ibero-American Championships](/source/2002_Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Guatemala City](/source/Guatemala_City), Guatemala
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[14.18 m](/source/2002_Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|[CAC Junior Championships](/source/2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) (U20)
|[Bridgetown](/source/Bridgetown), Barbados
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|13.93 m
|-
|[World Junior Championships](/source/2002_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), Jamaica
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[14.09 m](/source/2002_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump) (wind: +1.3 m/s)
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2003_Pan_American_Games)
|[Santo Domingo](/source/Santo_Domingo), Dominican Republic
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[14.42 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2003_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Paris](/source/Paris), France
|5th
|[14.52 m](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump) (PB)
|-
|2004
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Budapest](/source/Budapest), Hungary
|9th
|[14.49 m](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[Central American and Caribbean Championships](/source/2005_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Nassau](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas), Bahamas
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[13.97 m](/source/2005_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), Finland
|18th (q)
|[13.83 m](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia
|12th (q)
|[13.93 m](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|[Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2006_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games)
|[Cartagena](/source/Cartagena%2C_Colombia), Colombia
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[14.20 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2006_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[ALBA Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2007_ALBA_Games)
|[Caracas](/source/Caracas), Venezuela
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|14.57 m (wind: +2.0 m/s)
|-
|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2007_Pan_American_Games)
|[Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[14.26 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2007_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[Central American and Caribbean Championships](/source/2008_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships)
|[Cali](/source/Cali), Colombia
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[14.19 m](/source/2008_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics)
|[Beijing](/source/Beijing), China
|15th (q)
|[14.09 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|[ALBA Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2009_ALBA_Games)
|[Havana](/source/Havana), Cuba
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|14.52 m '''w''' (wind: +3.0 m/s)
|-
|[Central American and Caribbean Championships](/source/2009_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Havana](/source/Havana), Cuba
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[14.48 m](/source/2009_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Berlin](/source/Berlin), Germany
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[14.61 m](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2009_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|[Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki), Greece
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[14.62](/source/2009_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final_results) (wind: +0.4 m/s)
|-
|2010
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2010_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Doha](/source/Doha), Qatar
|5th
|[14.30 m](/source/2010_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[World Championships](/source/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Daegu](/source/Daegu), South Korea
|4th
|[14.67 m](/source/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games)
|[Guadalajara](/source/Guadalajara), Mexico
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[14.28 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|2012
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), Turkey
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[14.29 m](/source/2012_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|2013
|[World Championships](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia
|5th
|[14.45 m](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_triple_jump)
|-
|2014
|[Pan American Sports Festival](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Pan_American_Sports_Festival)
|[Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), Mexico
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[14.53m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Pan_American_Sports_Festival_%E2%80%93_Results) '''A''' (wind: -0.1 m/s)
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/mabel-gay-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/mabel-gay-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Mabel Gay}}
{{Footer World Junior Champions women's triple jump}}
{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions Triple Jump Women}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions Triple Jump Women}}
{{Footer CAC Champions Triple Jump Women}}
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Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes from Santiago de Cuba
Category:Cuban women triple jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Olympic athletes for Cuba
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:IAAF World Athletics Final winners
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Cuban Athletics Championships winners
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