Yipsi Moreno

Yipsi Moreno

Personal information
Born	(1980-11-19) 19 November 1980 (age 43) Agramonte, Camagüey
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Hammer 2004 Athens Hammer World Championships 2001 Edmonton Hammer 2003 Paris Hammer 2005 Helsinki Hammer 2007 Osaka Hammer Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Hammer 2007 Rio de Janeiro Hammer 2011 Guadalajara Hammer 1999 Winnipeg Hammer
Updated on 9 January 2015

Yipsi Moreno González (born November 19, 1980, in Camagüey) is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a triple world champion and Olympic gold medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area^[1] record holder.

In 2016, after the 2008 Olympic gold medallist Belarus athlete Aksana Miankova received a disqualification by IAAF, Moreno ostensibly became Olympic hammer throw champion for Cuba in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.