Lázaro Martínez (triple jumper)

Lázaro Martínez
	Martínez at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Lázaro Martínez Santray
Born	3 November 1997 (age 26); Guantanamo, Cuba
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump, long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Triple jump: 17.28 m; (Camagüey, 2018); Long jump: 7.19 m; (Havana, 2014)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Cuba
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
World Junior Championships
World Youth Championships
	Updated on 18 March 2022.

Lázaro Martínez Santray (born 3 November 1997) is a Cuban athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is a former World Junior Championship record holder for the triple jump with an attempt of 17.13 m jumped at the 2014 edition in Eugene, Oregon, and also holds the former world youth best in the triple jump, with an attempt of 17.24 m jumped in Havana. Martínez won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships in the triple jump event.

Early life[edit]

Martínez was born to former 400 metres runner Isabel Contreras. He initially practised several sports, including basketball and judo, until he was about 10 years old. It was his mother who encouraged him to take up athletics and linked him up with a friend and coach.

Martínez has stated that he initially did not like athletics, but after doing a test with the said coach he was told he had the potential to enter the provincial sports school. He began specialising in the jumps under the supervision of coach Manuel Guilarte, whom he credits for instilling in him the love of athletics.^[1]

Career[edit]

At the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Martínez equalled the World Youth Championship record set by compatriot Héctor Dairo Fuentes in 2005 with an attempt of 16.63 m in the fourth round, earning him his first major gold medal.

Martínez's record-breaking continued into 2014, as he jumped a world youth best of 17.24 m in front of a home crowd in the Cuban capital Havana. He then broke the World Junior Championship record twice at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, jumping 17.08 m with a 0.6 m/s headwind on his first attempt and 17.13 m with a 0.7 m/s headwind on his second attempt. He became the fourth Cuban world junior champion in the triple jump after Yoelbi Quesada in 1992, René Hernández in 1996, Arnie David Giralt in 2002 and Pedro Pablo Pichardo in 2012.^[1]^[2]

Personal bests[edit]

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
Triple jump	17.24 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)	La Habana	1 Feb 2014
Indoor
Triple jump	17.64 m	Belgrade	18 Mar 2022

Achievements[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
Representing Cuba
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	1st	Triple jump	16.63 m (wind: +1.8 m/s)
2013	Pan American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	Triple jump	16.49 m (wind: +1.8 m/s) A
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1st	Triple jump	17.13 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	Triple jump	16.53 m A (wind: -0.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	Triple jump	16.91 m A (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	Triple jump	17.06 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th	Triple jump	16.68 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	12th	Triple jump	16.25 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Triple jump	17.64 m
	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	1st	Triple jump	17.30 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	5th (q)	Triple jump	17.06 m¹
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	Triple jump	17.51 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Triple jump	17.41 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	Triple jump	17.19 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	Triple jump	16.69 m

¹No mark in the final

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Javier Clavelo Robinson (27 July 2014). "Report: Men's triple jump – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014". IAAF. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Cuban Lazaro Martinez Wins Triple Jump Championship". Prensa Latina. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

External links[edit]

Records
Preceded by Gu Junjie	World youth record holder – Boys' triple jump 1 February 2014 – 14 July 2017	Succeeded by Jordan Díaz
Preceded by Yoelbi Quesada	World Junior Championship record holder – Men's triple jump 27 July 2014 – 14 July 2018	Succeeded by Jordan Díaz

[Oregon_14-1] Javier Clavelo Robinson (27 July 2014). "Report: Men's triple jump – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014". IAAF. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[2] "Cuban Lazaro Martinez Wins Triple Jump Championship". Prensa Latina. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

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