Yesenia Ferrera
Cuban artistic gymnast
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| Full name | Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-10-16) October 16, 1998 (age 25) Santiago de Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yesenia Saskia Ferrera Nuñez (born October 16, 1998)[1] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She rose to prominence as a first-year senior in 2014 but soon encountered an injury that sidelined her for two seasons until she returned in 2017.
Career
2014
In August, Ferrera competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She finished fourth in the all-around but claimed silver in the vault final and bronze in the floor final.[2]
Later, in November, she traveled to Veracruz for the Central American and Caribbean Games. She clinched the vault and floor titles, also grabbing a bronze on balance beam.[3]
2017
Ferrera returned to elite competition in June 2017 at the Central American Sports Festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She won the all-around competition, as well as the vault and floor titles too.[4]
