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Full name | Andy Díaz Hernández | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Havana, Cuba | 25 December 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Fabrizio Donato[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 17.75 m (2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andy Díaz (born 25 December 1995) is a Cuban-born Italian athlete specialising in the triple jump.[2] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing seventh in the final. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics but did not start to avoid representing Cuba anymore.[3]
Career
[edit]His personal bests in the event are 17.75 metres outdoors (+0.9 m/s, Florence 2023) and 17.61 metres indoors (Torun 2024). He also has a best of 7.40 metres (+0.4 m/s) in the long jump from 2017.[4]
Díaz became Italian citizen on 23 February 2023.[5]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 4th | Triple jump | 16.43 m (w) |
2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 5th | Triple jump | 16.03 m (w) |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 7th | Triple jump | 17.13 m |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 15th | Triple jump | 15.37 m |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.83 m |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 24th (q) | Triple jump | 16.41 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | DNS | Triple jump | DNS |
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2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.64 m |
Circuit wins and titles
[edit]Diamond League champion: 2022[1]
Diamond League champion: 2023
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Diamond League: Vallortigara quinta in finale". fidal.it (in Italian). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Andy Díaz at World Athletics
- ^ "Athletics - DIAZ Andy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "All-Athletics profile". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Andy Diaz azzurro, cittadinanza italiana al campione del salto triplo - Altri Sport - Ansa.it". 23 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- Andy Díaz at World Athletics
- Andy Díaz at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Andy Díaz at Olympedia