Roberto Skyers

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Skyers Pérez
Born	(1991-11-12) November 12, 1991 (age 32) Minas, Camagüey
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 200 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Xalapa 200 m
Updated on 12 December 2014.

Roberto Skyers Pérez (born 12 November 1991 in Minas, Camagüey) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games. His personal bests are 9.98 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.02 seconds for the 200 m.^[1]

Career

At the age of seventeen, he ran a national junior record of 20.24 seconds for the 200 metres that year and also ran a 100 metres best of 10.31 seconds.^[2] This represented a significant improvement upon his 2008 best of 21.65 seconds and led to athletics statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava identifying him as one of the world's most promising sprinters.^[3] Skyers began competing internationally in 2009, making his debut at the ALBA Games, where he claimed the 200 m title.^[4] He ran in the Cuban 4×100 metres relay team at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, but the quartet failed to finish the race. He claimed the 200 m national title at the Barrientos Memorial in June.^[5]

Having finished third at the 2010 Barrientos meet and improved his 100 m to 10.29 seconds, Skyers represented Cuba in that event at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships and went on to place fourth overall. He completed a 200 m and relay double at the 2011 ALBA Games the following July.^[6] He established himself on the regional scene at the 2011 Pan American Games: although he suffered a muscular twitch during the heats of the relay, he ran in the 200 m a few hours later and was the surprise gold medalist in the event, defeating Lansford Spence and Bruno de Barros.^[7]

Personal bests

• 100 m: 9.98 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) – Camagüey, 22 feb 2019
• 200 m: 20.02 s NR (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Toronto, 24 July 2015

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
2009	ALBA Games	La Habana, Cuba	1st	200 m	20.27 s w (+2.3 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.77 s
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	4th	100 m	10.40 s (-0.2 m/s)
2011	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	200 m	20.44 s w (+2.4 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.34 s
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	1st	200 m	20.37 s A (-1.0 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.75 s A
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	4th (h)	200 m	20.66 s (+1.1 m/s)
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	10th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	38.60
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	2nd	200m	20.28 A (+0.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	1st	200m	20.47 A (-1.8 m/s)
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th (sf)	200 m	20.23
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd (h)	200 m	20.691
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.93
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	22nd (sf)	200 m	20.60
			13th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.47
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	13th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.01
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.03
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	7th	200 m	20.67
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	39.19

¹Did not finish in the semifinals