Yanis David
Yanis Esmerelda David is a French athlete, born on 12 December 1997.[1] Yanis is a specialist in the women's triple jump, representing France and its overseas department of Guadeloupe in international competition.
Life
[edit]David was born in 1997 in Les Abymes. She attended the Cite Scolaire d'Excellence Sportive in Abymes, Guadeloupe and enrolled in 2015 at the University of Florida.[2]
David won gold in the triple jump event at the Youth Olympic Games of 2014 at Nanjing, China.[3] She qualified for the 2015 European Junior Championships long jump qualifying round, but did not start.
With a mark of 6.48 m [4] Yanis reset the 27-year-old CARIFTA record for the women's Long Jump at the 2016 edition of the Games in St George's, Grenada.
At the IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016, Yanis won the gold medal in the long jump event, clearing 6.42m.[5]
College
[edit]While at Florida, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2019.[6][7]
Personal Bests
[edit]| Event | Mark | Place | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Jump | Outdoor | 6.67m | Knoxville | 12 May 2018 |
| Indoor | 6.49m | College Station | 24 February 2018 | |
| Triple Jump | Outdoor | 14.15m | Tarragona | 29 June 2018 |
| Indoor | 14.11m | College Station | 25 February 2018 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Yanis David | Profile". Iaaf.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Yanis David Profile". floridagators.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Peters Provides The Highlight Of The 2016 CARIFTA Games". iaaf.org. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Long Jump Women, IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016". iaaf.org. 2016-07-22. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "David Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Track and Field". Florida Gators. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "Yanis David of the University of Florida Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field". CWSA. 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- French female triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Guadeloupean triple jumpers
- Guadeloupean female athletes
- Florida Gators women's track and field athletes
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for France
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for France
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- French athletics biography stubs
- Guadeloupean sportspeople stubs