{{Short description|Cuban canoeist (born 1985)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Yulitza Meneses | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Yulitza Meneses Prieto | nickname = | nationality = {{CUB}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nueva Gerona, Cuba | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = | sport = Canoeing | event = Sprint canoe | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's canoe sprint}} {{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold| 2011 Guadalajara | K-2 500 m}} {{MedalBronze| 2011 Guadalajara | K-4 500 m}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Yulitza Meneses Prieto''' (born November 9, 1985, in Nueva Gerona) is a Cuban sprint canoeist.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web|title=Yulitza Meneses|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/meneses-yulitza-1059932/|publisher=London 2012|access-date=19 February 2013|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501135155/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/meneses-yulitza-1059932/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Yulitza Meneses|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/yulitza-meneses-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111240/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/yulitza-meneses-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 19 February 2013}}</ref>
==Biography and career== She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|last=Guevara|first=Yuri|title=Cuban Gold in Rowing at Pan American Games|url=http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/sports/2011-10-31/cuban-gold-in-rowing-at-pan-american-games|publisher=Juventud Rebelde|date=31 October 2011|access-date=19 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412055704/http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/sports/2011-10-31/cuban-gold-in-rowing-at-pan-american-games|archive-date=2013-04-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cuba gana oro y Argentina plata en K2 500m de canotaje femenino|trans-title=Cuba and Argentina wins gold and silver in women's canoeing|language=es|url=http://deportesar.terra.com.ar/rumbo-a-2012/guadalajara-2011/noticias/0,,OI5443065-EI17756,00-Cuba+gana+oro+y+Argentina+plata+en+K+m+de+canotaje+femenino.html|publisher=Terra Deportes|date=29 October 2011|access-date=19 February 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022752/http://deportesar.terra.com.ar/rumbo-a-2012/guadalajara-2011/noticias/0,,OI5443065-EI17756,00-Cuba+gana+oro+y+Argentina+plata+en+K+m+de+canotaje+femenino.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Meneses represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Meneses and her partner Dayexi Gandarela paddled to a sixth-place finish and fourteenth overall in the B-final by approximately three seconds behind the Slovakian pair (Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová), posting their time of 1:50.124.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B|url=http://www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-500m-women/phase=cfw125100/index.html|publisher=London 2012|access-date=19 February 2013|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411074454/www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-500m-women/phase=cfw125100/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130411114321/http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=meneses-yulitza-1059932/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meneses, Yulitza}} Category:1985 births Category:Cuban female canoeists Category:Living people Category:Olympic canoeists for Cuba Category:Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Sportspeople from Nueva Gerona Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in canoeing Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in canoeing Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
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