Yenima Arencibia
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| Full name | Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Cuba
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| Born |
25 December 1984 San Luis, Pinar del Río |
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| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||
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Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born December 25, 1984 in San Luis, Pinar del Río) is a female Cuban sprint hurdler.
Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds. She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia's Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.
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