World Cup, both times behind Kamila Skolimowska of Poland. On 3 March 2007, she broke her own area record as she threw 75.64 metres in Kingston, Jamaica. Establishing the new record in the fifth round of the competition, she followed this up with a 75.43 metres throw in the final round, again longer than her previous personal best. "I have had a good start this year, without physical problems", Moreno explained. On 17 June she improved the record again, with a 76.36 m throw from the second round in the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial, Warsaw. 2008 At the 2008 Olympics Women's Hammer Throw final, Moreno again won a silver medal, this time behind Aksana Miankova of Belarus, who threw an Olympic Record distance of 76.34 meters in her second-to-last round. Moreno was in the silver medal position with one throw left, and in her final effort, she fell short of Miankova with a throw of 75.20 meters, although it was her best throw of the final. She was declared 2008 Olympic Champion in 2016, after Belarusian Aksana Miankova was disqualified for using prohibited substances. Personal bests Hammer throw: 76.62 m – Zagreb, 9 September 2008 Achievements Footnotes References IAAF Focus on Athletes 2008 Olympics Woman's Hammer Throw Results External links Ecured biography (in Spanish) 1980 births Living people Cuban female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba World Athletics Championships