| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 5 | Triple Jump | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 15.05 |
| Qualification | Long Jump | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 6.49 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 14.95 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2007 | Osaka, JPN | 15.28 |
| 2 | Triple Jump | 2005 | Helsinki, FIN | 14.82 |
| 6 | Triple Jump | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 14.43 |
| Pan American Games | ||||
| 2 | Triple Jump | 2011 | Guadalajara, MEX | 14.36 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2011 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 14.99 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 14.81 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 14.68 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2010 | London, GBR | 14.86 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Monaco, MON | 15.09 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Lausanne, SUI | 14.99 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Rome, ITA | 14.74 |
| 2 | Triple Jump | 2011 | Stockholm, SWE | 14.87 |
| 2 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Brussels, BEL | 14.56 |
| 2 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Shanghai, CHN | 14.61 |
| 3 | Long Jump | 2010 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 6.73 |
| 5 | Triple Jump | 2012 | New York, NY, USA | 14.08 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Hengelo, NED | 14.36 |
| 4 | Long Jump | 2010 | Daegu, KOR | 6.37 |
| 5 | Long Jump | 2012 | Ponce, PUR | 6.30 |
| Super Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2009 | Monaco, MON | 14.89 |
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2009 | Lausanne, SUI | 14.91 |
| Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | Triple Jump | 2009 | Athens, GRE | 15.00 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 2 | Triple Jump | 2010 | Doha, QAT | 14.86 |
| 4 | Triple Jump | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | 14.28 |
Nickname
Yayi (IAAF, 05 May 2007)
Hobbies
Watching movies or soap operas, listening to reggae, hip-hop and classical music. (IAAF, 05 May 2007)
Education
Physical Education - Higher Sports Institute, Havana, CUB
Coach
Milan Matos (ecured.cu, 2012)
Debut
2003 for Cuba, Pan American Games (Venezuela) (IAAF, 05 May 2007)
Injuries
In September of 2011 she suffered a rupture of the right bicep and missed the 2011 Pan American Games. (cubadebate.cu, 06 Sep 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She took up athletics when she was 11. (IAAF, 05 May 2007)
Reason for taking up this sport
She was training for different sports when her coach discovered her talent for athletics and decided that she should only practise long jump and triple jump. (radioguantanamo.cu, 24 Jan 2008)
Ambitions
To win gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (deporcuba.wordpress.com, 17 Jan 2012)
Awards
She was named Cuban Athlete of the Year in 2007 and 2010. (IAAF, 06 Dec 2007; cubadebate.cu, 24 Dec 2010)
General
MOVE TO THE TRIPLE
In 2005 she joined the Cuban national team on the European tour but after a shortage of long jump competitions her coach, Milan Matos, suggested she try triple jump. Her early results were promising so she started competing in both. "I trained for the triple jump when I was younger but I never thought I would do it again." (IAAF, 08 May 2007)
REALISING A DREAM
She realised her dream of jumping over 15m when she leapt to 15.09m at a meeting in Alcala, Spain, in 2007. (iaaf.org, 05 Dec 2007)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
