Yaime Pérez

Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born 29 May 1991) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the discus throw. In 2022, she defected to the United States.

Career
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.

Pérez won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

She defected to the United States while on a stopover in Miami, after performing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she placed seventh in the competition.

Personal bests

 * Shot put: (2008)
 * Discus throw: (2024)

International competitions
1Representing the Americas

2No mark in the final