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- 4 × 400 metres relay
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- Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- List of Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Yoel Armando Tapia Gómez (born September 11, 1984 in Monte Cristi) is a Dominican sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. He won two medals for the national relay team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also, at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Tapia competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Pedro Mejía, Arismendy Peguero, and Carlos Yohelin Santa. He ran on the anchor leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 45.79 seconds. Tapia and his team finished the relay in last place for a seasonal best time of 3:04.31, failing to advance into the final.
References
External links
Yoel Tapia at World Athletics
NBC 2008 Olympics profile