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Jordan Díaz
Cuban triple jumper
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún (born 23 February 2001) is a Cuban-born Spanish triple jumper.
_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank–204.jpg) Díaz at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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]
- "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.
