Yojer Medina

Yojer Medina
Personal information
Full name	Yojer Enrique Medina
Born	September 5, 1973 (age 50)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Athletics
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Venezuela
South American Games
Bolivarian Games
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
	Updated on 31 May 2013

Yojer Enrique Medina (also Yoger Enrique Medina; born 5 September 1973) is a Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower.

Career

Regional competitions

Medina has been highly successful on the regional level. He won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003.^[1] At the Central American and Caribbean Games he won a bronze medal in 1993, gold medals in 1998 and 2002,^[2] and finished fourth in 2006.^[3] He also won bronze medals in the discus throw in 1993 and 2002.^[2] At the South American Championships he won a bronze medal in 1991, and silver medals in 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He also won a bronze medal in the discus throw in 1993.^[4] He is also a multiple Venezuelan national champion.^[5]

Global competitions

In world-level competitions, Medina finished twelfth at the 1992 World Junior Championships and sixth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup. He also competed at the World Championships in 1995, 1997 and 2001^[6] as well as the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final.^[7]

His personal best put is 20.01 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Maracaibo. In the discus throw he has 57.42 metres, achieved in November 1994 in Valencia.^[6]

Personal best

Shot put: 20.01 m – Maracaibo, 26 August 2000
Discus throw: 57.42 m – Valencia, 22 November 1994
Hammer throw: 60.34 m – Barquisimeto, 4 April 2003

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Venezuela
1988	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	Shot put	14.55 m
			1st	Discus	43.08 m
			2nd	Javelin	56.52 m
1989	South American Junior Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	Shot put	14.94 m
	South American Junior Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	2nd	Discus	46.72 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	3rd	Shot put	15.12 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	5th	Discus	46.72 m
1990	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	La Habana, Cuba	2nd	Shot put	15.07 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	La Habana, Cuba	3rd	Discus	46.94 m
	South American Junior Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	1st	Shot put	15.50 m A
	South American Junior Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	1st	Discus	47.28 m A
1991	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	3rd	Shot put	16.35 m
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	4th	Discus	48.72 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	4th	Shot put	15.87 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	Discus	49.54 m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	10th	Shot put	14.78 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	8th	Discus	50.40 m
	South American Junior Championships	Lima, Perú	1st	Shot put	16.77 m
			1st	Discus	48.40 m
			2nd	Javelin	63.18 m
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	12th	Shot put	16.71 m
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	15th (q)	Discus	48.94 m
1993	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	Shot put	17.46 m A
	Bolivarian Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	Discus	53.64 m A
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	Shot put	17.52 m
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	Discus	52.90 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	Shot put	17.96 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	Discus	54.94 m
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	5th	Shot put	17.24 m
	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	2nd	Shot put	18.06 m
	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	2nd	Discus	57.44 m
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th	Shot put	18.42 m
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	18.82 m
	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	4th	Discus	52.12 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (q)	Shot put	18.58 m
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	Shot put	18.10 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	23rd (q)	Shot put	18.53 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	12th (q)	Shot put	18.92 m
	Bolivarian Games	Arequipa, Perú	1st	Shot put	19.40 m A
	Bolivarian Games	Arequipa, Perú	1st	Discus	56.72 m A
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	Shot put	19.42 m
1998	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	Shot put	19.08 m A
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	–	Shot put	NM
2000	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	18.89 m
2001	South American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	18.49 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	1st	Shot put	18.86 m A
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	29th (q)	Shot put	17.76 m
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	Shot put	19.44 m A
	Bolivarian Games	Ambato, Ecuador	1st	Discus	52.68 m A
2002	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	2nd	Shot put	19.27 m A
	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	Discus	51.20 m A
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	Shot put	19.63 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	Discus	51.98 m
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2nd	Shot put	19.29 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	1st	Shot put	19.17 m
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	6th	Shot put	19.19 m
2004	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	4th	Shot put	17.90 m
2005	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	4th	Shot put	17.92 m
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Shot put	18.32 m
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	1st	Shot put	18.74 m A
	Bolivarian Games	Armenia, Colombia	3rd (no medal)	Discus	50.76 m A
2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	Shot put	18.79 m
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	Shot put	17.94 m
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	3rd	Shot put	18.36 m
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Shot put	18.44 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	10th	Shot put	18.10 m
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	3rd	Shot put	17.05 m
2009	Bolivarian Games	Sucre, Bolivia	2nd	Shot put	17.56 m A
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	Shot put	16.33 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	9th	Shot put	16.84 m

References

External links

Yojer Medina at World Athletics
Yojer Medina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Picture of Yojer Medina^[1]

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