Yasmani Copello

Yasmani Copello
Copello in 2022
Personal information
Full nameYasmani Copello Escobar
NationalityCuban/Turkish
Born (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 (age 37)
Havana, Cuba
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
ClubEnka SK

Yasmani Copello Escobar (born 15 April 1987) is a Cuban-born track and field hurdler who represents Turkey internationally. His personal best for the 400 metres hurdles is 47.81 seconds, set in the final of the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin.

While representing Cuba he won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships and was a gold medallist in the 4×400 metres relay team at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He won two silver medals in the hurdles and two relay gold medals at the ALBA Games in 2007 and 2009. He moved to Turkey in 2012 and began representing his adopted country in 2014.