Yarelys Barrios

Yarelys Barrios

Barrios at the 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Full name	Yarelis Barrios Castañeda
Born	(1983-07-12) July 12, 1983 (age 33) Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2012 London Discus throw Disqualified 2008 Beijing Discus throw World Championships 2007 Osaka Discus throw 2009 Berlin Discus throw 2011 Daegu Discus throw 2013 Moscow Discus throw Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw Universiade 2007 Bangkok Discus throw

Yarelys Barrios Castañeda (also Yarelis Barrios Castañeda; born July 12, 1983 in Pinar del Río) is a female discus thrower from Cuba.

She won the Diamond Race in the women's discus throw of the IAAF Diamond League both in 2010 and in 2011.

She won the 2012 Cuban National Championships with a personal best throw of 68.03 metres.

Barrios finished the Olympic discus competition in 2008 in the second place, but was disqualified by the IOC on September 1, 2016 because of doping due to a sample reanalysis which resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance Acetazolamide.

Barrios sold her Olympic silver medal on auction site, eBay, for unknown reasons, and it was bought for $11,000 (£9,000).