Robeilys Peinado
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Team Essx Elite athlete Robeilys “Ruby”, has been an international representative for Venezuela since 2013 where she won the World Youth Championships and the Bolivarian Games and claimed Silver at the Pan Am Junior Championships. Since 2015, Ruby has competed as a senior athlete and claimed gold in the South American Championships.
In 2016, she won Silver at the World U20 Championships and she claimed Bronze in the 2017 IAAF World Championships with a then-PB of 4.60m / 15’1”. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Ruby cleared a new PB of 4.70m/15’5” for a 7th place finish. That mark is a National/Area Record to match her indoor National/Area record of 4.78m/15’9.25”. Ruby lives and trains in Poland with her coach Vyacheslav Kalinichenko.
Accolades:
- Highest World Ranking: 7 (91 weeks)
- 2013 World Youth Champion
- 2013 Bolivarian Games Champion
- 2014 South American U23 Champion
- 2014 Youth Olympic Games Silver Medal
- 2015 Pan American Junior Champion
- 2016 World U20 Championships Silver Medal
- 2017 South American Champion
- 2017 World Championships Bronze Medal
- 2019 South American Champion
- 2021 Tokyo Olympian, 8th place finish
- 2022 South American Games Gold medal
- 2023 World Athletics Championships 8th place
- 2023 PanAm Games Silver Medal
Personal Bests:
- Indoors – 4.78m/15’8.25”
- Outdoors – 4.70m/15’5”