{{Short description|Cuban javelin thrower (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{family name hatnote|Cruz|Cruz|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Yanet Cruz | image = | caption = | fullname = Yanet Cruz Cruz | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|8}} | birth_place = Jiguaní, Granma, Cuba | height = {{convert|1.70|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|0|abbr=on}} | country = {{CUB}} | sport = Athletics | event = Javelin | coach = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Guadalajara|Javelin throw}} {{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2005 Marrakesh|Javelin throw}} | updated = 27 June 2013 }}
'''Yanet Cruz Cruz''' (born 8 February 1988) is a Cuban javelin thrower and baseball player. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships. She also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/yanet-cruz-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/yanet-cruz-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Yanet Cruz Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref> Her personal best throw is 63.50 metres, achieved in March 2011 in Havana.
Cruz represented her country at the 2015 Pan American Games women's baseball tournament, where the team finished in fifth (and last place).
==Personal best== *Javelin throw: '''63.50 m''' – Havana, Cuba, 19 March 2011
==Achievements== {| class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center; !Year !Tournament !Venue !Result !Extra |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{CUB}} |- |2005 |World Youth Championships |Marrakesh, Morocco |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |51.66 m |- |rowspan=2|2008 |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Cali, Colombia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |56.14 m |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |19th (q) |58.06 m |- |rowspan=3|2009 |ALBA Games |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor=gold|1st |59.47 m |- |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor=gold|1st |61.28 m |- |World Championships |Berlin, Germany |22nd (q) |56.19 m |- |rowspan=2|2011 |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |23rd (q) |56.73 m |- |Pan American Games |Guadalajara, Mexico |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |56.19 m |- |2012 |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom | – |NM |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/yanet-cruz-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/yanet-cruz-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} *[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=33931&Season=2009&Odd=1 Tilastopaja biography]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cruz, Yanet}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Cuban women javelin throwers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Olympic athletes for Cuba Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Cuban baseball players Category:People from Jiguaní Category:Sportspeople from Granma Province Category:21st-century Cuban sportswomen
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