MARTINEZ Yancarlos

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (20.97)	Round 1 (DQ)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	SF (20.28)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (10.19)	SF (20.31)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	-	3rd
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (39.12)	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Lima, PER	3rd (20.44)	6th (39.15)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Spanish

He played baseball and was close to signing a MLB contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but a wrist injury in 2013, which affected his batting, ended his baseball career. (iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016; fedomatle.org, 31 Jul 2016)

He suffered a wrist injury in his right hand after being hit by a baseball. He had surgery, but lost a lot of movement and power in his hand, prompting his switch from baseball to athletics. (elnacional.com.do, 24 Dec 2014)

He began competing in athletics at age 21 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. (iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)

After sustaining a wrist injury in 2013, he switched from baseball to athletics. "I felt depressed knowing that my future as a baseball player was over. I moved to Santo Domingo [Domincan Republic] for athletics. I trained there during the week and played baseball at home in San Cristobal on the weekends. My father wanted me to be a baseball player and he was initially sad because he did not want me to change sports. That's why I did both during a period of time." (iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)

Coach Yaseen Perez. (iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)