Yomaira De Jesus Cohen Epieyu (born 25 December 1982) is a Venezuelan Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put at international track and field competitions. She is a three-time Parapan American Games silver medalist and has competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics.

On Christmas Day 1982, Cohen's mother gave birth to her in a trapped elevator in a hospital in Carabobo when she was going to the maternity ward, in the place that she was born, there was not enough oxygen and Yomaira had cerebral palsy on her left hand side. Cohen is married to fellow Paralympic athlete Juan Valladares.

Yomaira Cohen

References

1982 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Maracaibo

Paralympic athletes for Venezuela

Venezuelan female discus throwers

Venezuelan female javelin throwers

Venezuelan female shot putters

Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games

Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games

21st-century Venezuelan women

Yomaira Cohen