Yargelis Savigne Herrera (born 13 November 1984 in

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, Guantanamo) is a

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n athlete competing in the

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and

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. Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the

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and

events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively. She continued her form throughout the year to place third at the

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with 14.81. She won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in the triple jump, with a distance of 15.28 m. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships, Savigne lay in second before her final attempt, with an area record of 14.95 m, behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi's Greek record of 15.00 m. However, Savigne jumped 15.05 m on her final attempt to take the gold medal. Savigne won her second major outdoor gold medal at the 2009 World Championships. Her jump of 14.95 m was enough to win in a modest competition which saw compatriot

Mabel Gay Mabel Gay Tamayo (born 5 May 1983 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.67 metres, achieved in September 2011 in Daegu. Personal bests Outdoor *Long jump: 6.28 m – Rio de Janeiro, 17 May 2009 *Trip ...

take silver with 14.61 m. The following year she won the silver medal at the

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, finishing behind Olga Rypakova who made the third longest indoor jump ever for the gold. In the outdoor season, she improved her long jump best to 6.91 m in Reims at a meeting on the Alma Athlé Tour, despite having trouble with her right ankle. She remained focused on her triple jump speciality, however, aiming to return to her 2007 peak form.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2010-07-01)
2000m Steeple World best falls again, this time to Mekhissi-Benabbad in Reims; Robles hurdles 13.09
IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-01.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

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Tilastopaja biographyEcured biography (in Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Savigne, Yargelis 1984 births Living people Cuban female triple jumpers Cuban female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Sportspeople from Guantánamo World Athletics Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Diamond League winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban women