Athlete

Spanish

Yeiremis Vazquez [national]

Her parents Gloria Nunez and Richal Ferrera were gymnasts at local level in Santiago de Cuba. Her younger sister Isuamis has represented Cuba in artistic gymnastics at junior level. (granma.cu, 01 Jun 2017)

She competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru with a foot injury, which had also affected her in 2017 and 2018. (acn.cu, 31 Jul 2019; cubadebate.cu, 30 Jul 2019; trabajadores.cu, 05 Aug 2019)

She took up the sport at age four in Santiago de Cuba.

Her parents encouraged her to try the sport.

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (jit.cu, 30 Jul 2019)

In June 2017 she was named Female Athlete of the Month of Santiago de Cuba by the Circle of Sports Journalists. (sierramaestra.cu, 08 Jul 2017)

NATIONAL TEAM RECALL
Just before the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada, she was left out of the national team for disciplinary reasons. "At that time I was a little immature and made decisions without thinking or valuing the consequences. Now I have changed my character, I have moderated my way of being, my way of approaching people. I am more humble." She contemplated leaving the sport during her absence from the national team. "I was thinking of leaving the sport completely, because I never thought I would be called back, I had already lost hope." However, she was recalled to the national team for the 2017 season. "I came back as soon as I was called and now I just think about achieving the best possible results." (granma.cu, 04 Jul 2017; granma.cu, 01 Jun 2017; jit.cu, 24 Feb 2017)