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Cuban canoeist (born 1986)
Dayexi Gandarela
Personal information
Full nameDayexi Gandarela Sosa
NicknameLa Gallega
Nationality Cuba
Born (1986-07-04) 4 July 1986 (age 38)
Caibarién, Cuba
Sport
SportCanoeing
EventSprint canoe
Coached byDarovy Acevedo
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara K-4 500 m

Dayexi Gandarela Sosa (born July 4, 1986, in Caibarién) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Dayexi Gandarela". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dayexi Gandarela". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. Guevara, Yuri (31 October 2011). "Cuban Gold in Rowing at Pan American Games". Juventud Rebelde. Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. 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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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