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Yamilé Aldama

ヤミレ・アルダマ　/　やみれ・あるだま

Athletics competitor from Cuba

August 14, 1972 (age 53)　・　Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Havana Province
athletics competitor

My Take

Yamilé Aldama's career reads like a meditation on persistence and belonging. A triple jumper who competed for Cuba, then Sudan, then Great Britain across four Olympic Games, she chased her event wherever it would let her compete. Silver at the 1999 Worlds and gold at the 2012 World Indoors, the latter near the age of forty, point to a hunger that simply refused to fade. I find her story genuinely moving because it strips sport down to its purest form, a person and a sandpit and the next leap. National colours shifted, but her devotion to the discipline never wavered.

Overview

Yamilé Aldama Pozo (Arabic: جميلة الداما; born 14 August 1972) is a Cuban-born triple jumper. She represented Cuba until 2003, Sudan from 2004 to 2010, then Great Britain from 2011 onwards. A four-time Olympian (2000–12), she won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2012 World Indoor Championships.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Yamilé Aldama
Name (Japanese): ヤミレ・アルダマ
Reading: やみれ・あるだま
Born: August 14, 1972 (age 53)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rat
Origin: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba
Blood type: Private
Height: 173 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: athletics competitor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%9E

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