Lázaro Betancourt
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Lázaro Betancourt is a retired male triple jump
er from Cuba
. Best known for his silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he also won the Central American and Caribbean Games twice. In June 1986 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.78 metres, which puts him 14th place in the all-time performers list.
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
er from Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. Best known for his silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he also won the Central American and Caribbean Games twice. In June 1986 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.78 metres, which puts him 14th place in the all-time performers list.
Achievements
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Central American and Caribbean Games 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games The 14th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in La Habana, Cuba from August 7 to August 18, 1982, and included 2.420 athletes from nineteen nations competing in 25 different sports.-Medal table:-References:... |
Havana, Cuba | 2nd | Triple jump | |
| 1983 | Pan American Games Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games The Athletics Competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela.-Men's Events:-Women's Events:-Medal table:-References:*... |
Caracas, Venezuela | 2nd | Triple jump | |
| Ibero-American Championships 1983 Ibero-American Championships The 1983 Ibero-American Championships was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadi Serrahima in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 23–25 September 1983. A total of 37 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 15 by female athletes... |
Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Triple jump | ||
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Triple jump | |
| 1986 | Central American and Caribbean Games 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games The 15th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic from June 24 to July 5, 1986, and included 2.963 athletes from 25 nations.-References:... |
Santiago, Dominican Republic | 2nd | Triple jump | |
| 1990 | Central American and Caribbean Games 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990 and included a total of 4.206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen.-Sports:* Racquetball... |
Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
2nd | Triple jump | |