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Meet Olympic long jumper Yvonne Treviño Hayek, Salma Hayek's cousin

yahoo sports staff
  • <p>Actress Salma Hayek (left) will be cheering on cousin Yvonne Treviño Hayek as she competes for Mexico in the Rio Olympics long jump event. (Getty Images/Instagram) </p>
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    Salma Hayek and cousin Yvonne Treviño Hayek

    Actress Salma Hayek (left) will be cheering on cousin Yvonne Treviño Hayek as she competes for Mexico in the Rio Olympics long jump event. (Getty Images/Instagram)

  • <p>Salma Hayek posted this photo of her cousin to Instagram with message of support: “I’m excited to see my cousin, Yvonne Treviño Hayek, (who I haven’t had the pleasure to meet yet) to compete representing Mexico for the long jump at the Olympics next week.” (Instagram) </p>
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    Family pride

    Salma Hayek posted this photo of her cousin to Instagram with message of support: “I’m excited to see my cousin, Yvonne Treviño Hayek, (who I haven’t had the pleasure to meet yet) to compete representing Mexico for the long jump at the Olympics next week.” (Instagram)

  • <p>Yvonne Treviño Hayek waves the flag of Mexico before boarding her flight to Rio for the Olympics. (Instagram) </p>
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    Next stop, Rio!

    Yvonne Treviño Hayek waves the flag of Mexico before boarding her flight to Rio for the Olympics. (Instagram)

  • <p>Yvonne Treviño Hayek and her husband arrive at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Instagram) </p>
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    Arriving in Rio

    Yvonne Treviño Hayek and her husband arrive at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Instagram)

  • <p>“Our first competition of the indoor season, PB. 6.37 !! This is for my team and all the people who support us!!” wrote Treviño Hayek with this photo from January, 2016. (Instagram) </p>
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    Personal best

    “Our first competition of the indoor season, PB. 6.37 !! This is for my team and all the people who support us!!” wrote Treviño Hayek with this photo from January, 2016. (Instagram)

  • <p>Competing at an athletics meet in in Morelia, Mexico, in 2013. (Instagram) </p>
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    Yvonne Treviño Hayek

    Competing at an athletics meet in in Morelia, Mexico, in 2013. (Instagram)

  • <p>“What do you think is the next mark in Rio? Next stop 7 meters!” wrote Treviño Hayek during her Olympic training on June 29, 2016. (Instagram) </p>
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    Pre-Olympics training

    “What do you think is the next mark in Rio? Next stop 7 meters!” wrote Treviño Hayek during her Olympic training on June 29, 2016. (Instagram)

  • <p>“Either you run the day or the day runs you. Happy day! :) #doyourbest #favtshirt #proudtobemexican #runrunrun” (yvonnethayek/Instagram) </p>
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    Yvonne Treviño Hayek

    “Either you run the day or the day runs you. Happy day! :) #doyourbest #favtshirt #proudtobemexican #runrunrun” (yvonnethayek/Instagram)

  • <p>“Feliz Navidad a todos!” wrote Treviño Hayek on this photo with her husband on Christmas Day, 2015. </p>
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    Feliz Navidad

    “Feliz Navidad a todos!” wrote Treviño Hayek on this photo with her husband on Christmas Day, 2015.

  • <p>Yvonne Treviño Hayek during training in 2015. (Instagram) </p>
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    Yvonne Treviño Hayek

    Yvonne Treviño Hayek during training in 2015. (Instagram)

  • <p>“Very lucky to have the best coaches,” wrote Treviño Hayek of this photo from her Olympic training. (Instagram) </p>
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    Yvonne Treviño Hayek with her coaches

    “Very lucky to have the best coaches,” wrote Treviño Hayek of this photo from her Olympic training. (Instagram)

  • <p>“We arrived!! Thanks for the support!! Waiting for the rest of the team and family,” wrote Treviño Hayek on this photo from August 11, 2016. (Instagram) </p>
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    At the Rio Olympics

    “We arrived!! Thanks for the support!! Waiting for the rest of the team and family,” wrote Treviño Hayek on this photo from August 11, 2016. (Instagram)

<p>Actress Salma Hayek (left) will be cheering on cousin Yvonne Treviño Hayek as she competes for Mexico in the Rio Olympics long jump event. (Getty Images/Instagram) </p>
<p>Salma Hayek posted this photo of her cousin to Instagram with message of support: “I’m excited to see my cousin, Yvonne Treviño Hayek, (who I haven’t had the pleasure to meet yet) to compete representing Mexico for the long jump at the Olympics next week.” (Instagram) </p>
<p>Yvonne Treviño Hayek waves the flag of Mexico before boarding her flight to Rio for the Olympics. (Instagram) </p>
<p>Yvonne Treviño Hayek and her husband arrive at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Instagram) </p>
<p>“Our first competition of the indoor season, PB. 6.37 !! This is for my team and all the people who support us!!” wrote Treviño Hayek with this photo from January, 2016. (Instagram) </p>
<p>Competing at an athletics meet in in Morelia, Mexico, in 2013. (Instagram) </p>
<p>“What do you think is the next mark in Rio? Next stop 7 meters!” wrote Treviño Hayek during her Olympic training on June 29, 2016. (Instagram) </p>
<p>“Either you run the day or the day runs you. Happy day! :) #doyourbest #favtshirt #proudtobemexican #runrunrun” (yvonnethayek/Instagram) </p>
<p>“Feliz Navidad a todos!” wrote Treviño Hayek on this photo with her husband on Christmas Day, 2015. </p>
<p>Yvonne Treviño Hayek during training in 2015. (Instagram) </p>
<p>“Very lucky to have the best coaches,” wrote Treviño Hayek of this photo from her Olympic training. (Instagram) </p>
<p>“We arrived!! Thanks for the support!! Waiting for the rest of the team and family,” wrote Treviño Hayek on this photo from August 11, 2016. (Instagram) </p>

Actress Salma Hayek revealed on Instagram that she will be keeping an eye on distant cousin Yvonne Treviño Hayek, who is scheduled to become Mexico's first women's long jump competitor in the Olympics since 1968 when the 27-year-old takes the oval for Wednesday's qualifying event. (Ben Rohrbach/Yahoo Sports)