{{short description|Cuban-born track & field hurdler (born 1987)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Yasmani Copello | image = 2022-08-19 European Championships 2022 – Men's 400 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank–004.jpg | caption = Copello in 2022 | full_name = Yasmani Copello Escobar | nationality = Cuban/Turkish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|4|15}} | birth_place = Havana, Cuba | height = 191 cm | weight = 85 kg | country = {{TUR}} | sport = Athletics | event = 400 m hurdles | club = Enka SK | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{TUR}}}} {{MedalCompetition |Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2017 London|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition |European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2016 Amsterdam|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Berlin|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Munich|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|European Team Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Lille|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{MedalGold |2022 Oran|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalSilver |2018 Tarragona|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalSilver |2022 Oran|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal |Competition |Islamic Solidarity Games}} {{Medal |Silver |2021 Konya |400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCountry|{{CUB}}}} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships}} {{MedalSilver |2008 Cali|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition |Ibero-American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2008 Iquique|4 × 400 m relay}} }}
'''Yasmani Copello Escobar''' (born 15 April 1987) is a Cuban-born track and field hurdler who represents Turkey internationally. His personal best for the 400 metres hurdles is 47.81 seconds, set in the final of the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin.
While representing Cuba he won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships and was a gold medallist in the 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He won two silver medals in the hurdles and two relay gold medals at the ALBA Games in 2007 and 2009. He moved to Turkey in 2012 and began representing his adopted country in 2014.
==Career== ;In Cuba He began competing at national level in Cuba as a teenager in 2006. That year he placed fourth in the 400 metres hurdles at the Cuban Athletics Championships and came fifth at the Olimpiada Cubana. He began 2007 with a series of personal bests. He improved in the 400 metres flat to record 47.48 seconds at the Rafael Fortun National Meeting and a 400 m hurdles run of 50.43 seconds in Havana.<ref name=Tilas>{{cite web |url=http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=90577&Season=2006&Odd=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140627181257/http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=90577&Season=2006&Odd=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2014 |title=Yasmani Copelloescobar |work=Tilastopaja |access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref> In his first international appearance he came runner-up to fellow Cuban Omar Cisneros to take silver at the 2007 ALBA Games in a new best of 49.99 seconds. He teamed up with Cisneros to help Cuba to the gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=4979 |title=II Juegos del ALBA 2007 |work=AthleCAC |access-date=27 June 2014 |quote=Yasmany COPELLO}}</ref> Copello won another title with the Cuban relay team at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iberoamericano2008.cl/resultados/dia3Res4x400MasF.php |title=Relevos 4 x 400 m – M Final |work=IberoAmericano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704192315/http://iberoamericano2008.cl/resultados/dia3Res4x400MasF.php |archive-date=4 July 2008 |access-date=27 June 2014 |quote=Copello}}</ref> He ran individually at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships, securing the silver 400 m hurdles medal behind Jamaica's Isa Phillips as well as running in the heats of the 110 metres hurdles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5338 |title=Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 |work=AthleCAC |access-date=27 June 2014 |quote=Yasmany COPELLO |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023150/http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5338 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was provisionally named in the relay squad for Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but ultimately did not compete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.granma.cu/granmad/eventos/beijing/r-cuba/atletas/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805094401/http://www.granma.cu/granmad/eventos/beijing/r-cuba/atletas/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2016 |title=Delegación Cubana a Beijing-2008 |work=Granma |access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref>
At the 2009 ALBA Games he repeated his finishes of two years earlier, coming second to Cisneros before sharing in a relay victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juegosalba.cu/2009/App_Configuration/Download/PDFs/Resumen/Resumen.rar |title=III Juegos Deportivos del ALBA – Boletin Final – Resultados de Finales por deportes |work=Juegos ALBA |access-date=27 June 2014 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101063803/http://www.juegosalba.cu/2009/App_Configuration/Download/PDFs/Resumen/Resumen.rar |url-status=dead }}</ref> His return at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics was less successful however, as he finished out of the medals in fifth place – the medallists, Javier Culson, Félix Sánchez and Jehue Gordon were all finalists at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inder.cu/cac2009/ShowResults/sp/Resultados.aspx?lang=EN |title=2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Results |work=Inder |access-date=27 June 2014 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002142213/http://www.inder.cu/cac2009/ShowResults/sp/Resultados.aspx?lang=EN |url-status=dead }}</ref> That year brought new heights in performance, however, as in February in Havana he ran 21.44 seconds for the 200 metres, 46.77 seconds for the 400 m, and 49.56 seconds for the 400 m hurdles.<ref name=Tilas/>
Copello competing sparingly in 2010, with highlights being a second place at Cuba's Barrientos Memorial and a win at the 2010 Olimpiada Cubana. He won the 2011 Copa Cuba meet, but that proved to be his last win in his home nation. He moved to Turkey in 2012 and began competing for Fenerbahçe Athletics, winning at the national club championships.<ref name=Tilas/> At the 2013 Meeting Val de Reuil in France, he achieved a personal best and Cuban record of 49.54 seconds for the uncommonly held indoor 400 m hurdles. This made his indoor best faster than his outdoor one – a highly unusual feat for a 400 m hurdler.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vazel |first=Pierre-Jean |date=13 February 2013 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Report/talay-osaghae-and-ahoure-victorious-in-val-de |title=Talay, Osaghae and Ahoure victorious in Val de Reuil |work=IAAF |access-date=27 June 2014 |quote=Yasmani Copello}}</ref>
;In Turkey He opted for Turkish nationality in October 2013, and on 30 April 2014, he became eligible to represent Turkey internationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dd2bd4bb-862e-4d16-a51d-ad0dc080bff7.pdf&urlslug=Transfers%20of%20allegiance%20-%20News%20153 |title=Transfers of allegiance |work=IAAF |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=27 June 2014 |quote=Family Name: COPELLOESCOBAR (formerly, Copello) / First Name: Yasmani / DOB: 15 April 1987}}</ref>
==Personal bests== *200 metres – 21.44 seconds (2009) *400 metres – 46.77 seconds (2009) *110 metres hurdles – 14.35{{AthAbbr|A}} seconds (2008) *400 metres hurdles (outdoor) – 47.81 seconds (2018) *400 metres hurdles (indoor) – 49.54 seconds (2013)
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== External links == * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com|yasmani-copello}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730144753/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/yasmani-copello_1566994 Yasmani Copello] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/yasmani-copello_1566994 alternate link]) * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olimpedya|173/yasmani-copello|Yasmani Copello}} * {{TMOK profile|yasmani-copello-escobar/9770|Yasmani Copello Escobar}} * {{Instagram|yasmanicopello|Yasmani Copello Escobar}}
{{Olympic medalists for Turkey}} {{Footer European Champions 400 m hurdles Men}} {{Footer Mediterranean Champions 400m Hurdles Men}}
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