Jordan Díaz
- Cuban
- Spanish (since 2022)
- Cuba (until 2022)
- Spain (from 2024)
High jump: 1.85 m
Men's athletics | ||
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Representing Spain | ||
European Championships | ||
2024 Rome | Triple jump | |
Representing Cuba | ||
Pan American Games | ||
2019 Lima | Triple jump | |
NACAC Championships | ||
2018 Toronto | Triple jump | |
World U20 Championships | ||
2018 Tampere | Triple jump | |
Youth Olympic Games | ||
2018 Buenos Aires | Triple jump | |
World U18 Championships | ||
2017 Nairobi | Triple jump | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | ||
2018 Barranquilla | Triple jump |
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún (born 23 February 2001) is a triple jumper. Born in Cuba, he represents Spain internationally.
Career
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 18.18 metres, achieved in June 2024.[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]
World Athletics declared Díaz eligible to represent Spain starting on 7 June 2024,[5] just in time to compete in the 2024 European Athletics Championships, where he won gold with a best jump of 18.18 m which put him third in the world all-time list.[6]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Eligibility & Transfers of Allegiance - 2024" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Diaz Fortun unleashes massive gold medal winning triple jump to go third on world all-time list". European Athletics. 11 June 2024.
External links
- Jordan Díaz at World Athletics
- Jordan Díaz at Olympedia
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- 1986: Igor Parygin (URS)
- 1988: Vladimir Melikhov (URS)
- 1990: Sergei Bykov (URS)
- 1992: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
- 1994: Larry Achike (GBR)
- 1996: René Hernández (CUB)
- 1998: Ionuț Pungă (ROU)
- 2000: Marian Oprea (ROU)
- 2002: Arnie David Giralt (CUB)
- 2004: Khotso Mokoena (RSA)
- 2006: Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
- 2008: Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
- 2010: Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS)
- 2012: Pedro Pichardo (CUB)
- 2014: Lázaro Martínez (CUB)
- 2016: Lázaro Martínez (CUB)
- 2018: Jordan Díaz (CUB)
- 2021: Gabriel Wallmark (SWE)
- 2022: Jaydon Hibbert (JAM)