Dayexi Gandarela

Dayexi Gandarela
Personal information
Full name Dayexi Gandarela Sosa
Nickname(s) La Gallega[1]
Nationality  Cuba
Born (1986-07-04) 4 July 1986
Caibarién, Cuba
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event(s) Sprint canoe
Coached by Darovy Acevedo[1]

Dayexi Gandarela Sosa (born July 4, 1986 in Caibarién) is a Cuban sprint canoeist.[1][2] She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[3][4]

Gandarela represented Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Gandarela and her partner Yulitza Meneses paddled to a sixth-place finish and fourteenth overall in the B-final by approximately three seconds behind the Slovakian pair (Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová), posting their time of 1:50.124.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dayexi Gandarela". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dayexi Gandarela". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Guevara, Yuri (31 October 2011). "Cuban Gold in Rowing at Pan American Games". Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cuba gana oro y Argentina plata en K2 500m de canotaje femenino" [Cuba and Argentina wins gold and silver in women's canoeing] (in Spanish). Terra Deportes. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B". London 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.


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