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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.
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
- Height
- 173 cm
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Yamilé Aldama born?
Born August 14, 1972 (age 53).
Where is Yamilé Aldama from?
Yamilé Aldama is from Havana, Havana Province, Cuba.
What does Yamilé Aldama do?
Yamilé Aldama works as athletics competitor.
How tall is Yamilé Aldama?
Yamilé Aldama is 173 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.