Pedro Pablo Pichardo

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pichardo and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.
Pedro Pablo Pichardo

Pedro Pablo Pichardo at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in 2015
Personal information
Nationality Cuban
Born (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Sport
Country  Cuba
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Triple jump: 18.08 m (2015)
Medal record
World Championships
2013 Moscow Triple jump
2015 Beijing Triple jump
World Indoor Championships
2014 Sopot Triple jump
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Triple jump
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona Triple jump
CAC Junior Championships
2012 San Salvador Triple jump

Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta (born 30 June 1993) is a Cuban triple jumper. He is the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2013 World Championship silver medalist. His 17.79 m (58 ft 41⁄4 in) in early 2014 was the best triple jump of the year. In 2015, his 17.94 m (58 ft 101⁄4 in) made him the #6 performer ever. A week later he improved to 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in) making him the #3 performer ever and the best performance the world has seen since 1996 (when Pichardo was only 3 years old).[1]

Biography

Pichardo jumped 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in) (0.9 m/s) on May 15, 2015 at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar. The performance makes him the number 3 performer ever. With Christian Taylor also jumping 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) minutes later in Doha, this was the first competition in history to have two men jump over 18 metres, already called "the greatest triple jump competition ever."[2] His 18.06 m also improved his own Cuban national record of 17.94 m (58 ft 101⁄4 in) set just one week earlier in Havana. That mark erased Yoelbi Quesada's nearly 18-year-old record. It had already put Pichardo on the all time top ten performers in position #6.[3]

On May 28, 2015, Pichardo jumped 18.08 m (59 ft 33⁄4 in) (0.0 m/s) at the Copa Cuba-Memorial Barrientos meet in Havana, improving his own Cuban national record set two weeks earlier by 2 cm.[4]

He won Athletissima 2013 with the measure of 17.58 m.[5]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes
Representing  Cuba
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona 1st Triple jump 16.79 m WJL
2013 World Championships Moscow 2nd Triple jump 17.68 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot 3rd Triple jump 17.24 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto 1st Triple jump 17.54 m
World Championships Beijing 2nd Triple jump 17.73 m

Personal bests

Event Measure Venue Date
Triple jump Outdoor 18.08 m Havana 28 May 2015
Indoor 17.32 m Prague 25 February 2014

References

  1. ↑ "Triple Jump – men – senior – outdoor". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Pichardo vs Taylor clash in Doha is greatest triple jump competition ever – IAAF Diamond League". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  3. ↑ Jon Mulkeen; Andrea Buongiovanni (8 May 2015). "Pichardo breaks Cuban triple jump record with 17.94m". IAAF. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pichardo triple jumps 18.08m in Havana". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bondarenko flies high with stunning 2.41m in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League". iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Russia Aleksey Fyodorov		 World Junior Champion – Men's triple jump
15 July 2012 – 27 July 2014 		Succeeded by
Cuba Lázaro Martinez
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