Yamilé Aldama

Yamilé Aldama Pozo (Arabic: جميلة الداما; born 14 August 1972) is a Cuban-born triple jumper.

[1] Unable to compete there due to injury next year she reached the final at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships finishing in sixth place.

The next year at the 2000 Summer Olympics she finished in fourth position thus cementing her place as an elite triple jumper.

Aldama instead sought a new country to represent, and after offers from Spain, Italy, and the Czech Republic she instead switched to Sudan.

On 9 March 2012, at the age of 39 years, Aldama became the IAAF World Indoor Champion in Triple Jump, in Istanbul, Turkey, the second oldest athlete ever to achieve the feat.

[8] In January 2013, Aldama made the decision to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, making her the first athlete to have competed for four different nations.

Aldama - 2012 Parade