Yaime Pérez

Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born May 29, 1991) is a Cuban athlete. She won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships.

She was the gold medallist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, then won her first senior title at the regional 2011 ALBA Games. Pérez represented Cuba at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh in the final. Her 2014 season was highlighted by a silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games and a fifth-place finish at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.

Pérez won her first IAAF Diamond League meeting in 2015, beating world and Olympic champion Sandra Perković through a personal best throw of 67.13 m (220 ft 2 ⁄₄ in).

• Shot put: 13.88 m (45 ft 6 ⁄₄ in) (2008)
• Discus throw: 69.39 m (227 ft 7 ⁄₄ in) (2019)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	9th	Discus	52.00 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	1st	Discus	56.01 m
2011	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	Discus	55.26 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	Discus	56.93 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	30th (q)	Discus	57.87 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th	Discus	60.33 m
2014	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	—	Discus	NM
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	5th	Discus	59.38 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	Discus	62.42 m A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	2nd	Discus	64.99 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	Discus	65.46 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st (q)	Discus	65.38 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	Discus	64.82 m
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	Discus	66.00 m
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	Discus	61.97 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	Discus	66.58 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Discus	69.17 m

Representing the Americas

No mark in the final