Jordan Díaz
_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93204.jpg) Díaz at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Triple jump: 17.49 m High jump: 1.85 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 10 November 2022. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún (born 23 February 2001) is a Cuban-born Spanish triple jumper.
Career[edit]
He won the gold medal at the 2017 World Youth Championships, the 2018 World U20 Championships, the 2018 NACAC Championships, the silver medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and won the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in 2018.[1]
His personal best jump is 17.87 metres, achieved in June 2022 in Nerja.[1] At the 2017 World Youth Championships he jumped 17.30 metres, a new championship record and world under-18 best mark, improving it further in 2018.
On 28 June 2021, he defected from the Cuban delegation sent to a preparatory competition in Castellón, Spain.[2] He thus missed the Tokyo Olympics.[3] He began to train under Iván Pedroso in Guadalajara.[2] Shortly after acquiring Spanish citizenship in 2022, Díaz beat the country's triple jump record.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jordan Alejandro Díaz at World Athletics
- ^ a b "Jordan Díaz, la gran promesa mundial afincada en Guadalajara, ya es español". El Digital Castilla-La Mancha – via El Español.
- ^ Pacheco, Jorge (3 February 2022). "Jordan Díaz, la gran promesa del atletismo que se escondió en Zaragoza y España ha nacionalizado". El Español.
- ^ Arribas, Carlos (20 February 2022). "El atleta recién nacionalizado Jordan Díaz bate el récord de España de triple salto". El País.
External links[edit]
World U20 Champions in men's triple jump | |
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Cuban male triple jumpers
- Spanish male triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics U20 Championships winners
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- World Youth Championships in Athletics winners
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Defecting sportspeople of Cuba