Yoandri (or Yoandris) Betanzos Francis (born February 15, 1982, in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump.

They say, he was almost born on the track: His mother, Cuban sprinter Amarailis Francis, suffered from a heavy abdominal pain during her daily practice, and was immediately transferred to a hospital in her hometown Santiago de Cuba. A couple of hours later, she gave birth to her son.^{[citation needed]}

Later, he moved to Ciego de Ávila, the hometown of his father, Cuban boxer Álvaro Betanzos, and started his sports career following in his father's footsteps as a boxer. After about a year, he changed to athletics, firstly competing as a high jumper. In 1993, he became Cuban national champion in his age group setting a new record of 1.86 m, beating the old mark set by Javier Sotomayor.^{[citation needed]} As he was not tall enough, his coaches proposed to change to triple jump.^[1]

His personal best outdoor jump is 17.65 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Havana. As of 21 June 2013, this result places him sixth on the all-time Cuban performers list, behind Yoelbi Quesada, Lázaro Betancourt, Aliecer Urrutia, Pedro Pichardo, and Alexis Copello.^[2]

Event	Best	Venue	Date
Outdoor
High jump	2.10 m[1]
Long jump	6.10 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Castellón	28 June 2011
Triple jump	17.65 m (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Havana	25 April 2009
Indoor
Long jump	7.51 m	Bratislava	30 January 2011
Triple jump	17.69 m	Doha	14 March 2010

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	15.83 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	16.34 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	16.64 m A (wind: +0.2 m/s)
	Universiade	Beijing, China	5th	16.86 m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	1st	16.47 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	17.26 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)
	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	17.28 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	17.36 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Huelva, Spain	1st[3]	17.18 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th	17.47 m (wind: +. m/s)
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	17.33 m w (wind: +3.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	17.52 m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	17.42 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	17.46 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	16.90 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	20th (q)	16.54 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2009	ALBA Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	17.65 m (wind: +1.4 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	17.24 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	17th (q)	16.77 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	17.69 m (wind: +. m/s)
	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	2nd	17.19 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th	16.67 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	16.54 m A (wind: +0.4 m/s)
			1st	2:59.43 min A
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st	16.75 m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	23rd	16.22 m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)

• Yoandri Betanzos at World Athletics
• Yoandri Betanzos at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Tilastopaja biography