Eglis Yaima Cruz

Eglis Yaima de la Cruz (born 12 April 1980 in Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban sports shooter. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the first and, as of 2020, only female medalist for her country in the sport.[1] She has competed at five editions of the Olympics, from Athens 2004 to Tokyo 2020.[2][3]

Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 50 m rifle 3 positions
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 50 m rifle 3 positions
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 10 m air rifle
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air rifle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 50 m rifle 3 positions
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 50 m rifle 3 positions
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 10 m air rifle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 50 m rifle 3 positions
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 50 m rifle 3 positions
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 10 m air rifle

At the Pan American Games, she has won nine medals through five editions, four of them gold.[4]

References
  1. "Sports Reference: Eglis Yaima Cruz". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  2. "Shooting de la CRUZ Eglys Yahima". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  3. "Eglis Cruz termina en el lugar 31, en el rifle de aire, tiro a 10 metros". CiberCuba (in Spanish). 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  4. "Panamericanos Lima-2019: cubana Eglys de la Cruz alcanza boleto olímpico en tiro (+Audio)". www.radiohc.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-17.


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