11 Facts About Yunaika Crawford

Yunaika Crawford had set a season's best throw of 57.03 metres in the qualifying round.

The 2000 World Junior Championships were staged in Santiago de Chile, with Crawford winning the bronze medal.

Yunaika Crawford won the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships, again in a championship record, this time 58.68 metres.

In 2002 Yunaika Crawford broke the 70-metre barrier for the first time, with 70.62 metres achieved during a meet in Madrid in July.

Yunaika Crawford improved slightly the next year, with 70.69 from Havana in May Yunaika Crawford won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, behind countryfellow Yipsi Moreno.

Yunaika Crawford competed at the 2003 World Championships, but with a 64.59 throw in the qualifying round, she did not reach the top twelve, who progressed to the final.

In 2004, Yunaika Crawford beat her 2003 best result several times.

Yunaika Crawford then dropped below 70 metres in the next competition, before returning with a 70.44 m throw in Seville, 71.75 in Guadalajara, 71.40 in Padua and 70.33 in Kazan.

Yunaika Crawford competed at the 2005 World Championships, but fell through in the qualification round.

Yunaika Crawford did however win the silver medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships, this time behind Trinidadian Candice Scott.

Yunaika Crawford then competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but did not reach the final round and finishing with a 31st place.