Aliecer Urrutia Delgado (born September 22, 1974, in Villa Clara) is a retired male

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er from

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. Having set a personal best of 17.70 in 1996, he won a silver medal at the

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total numb ...

and a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. He is a former world indoor record holder with a mark of 17.83 metres. Urrutia retired after the 2002 season.

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* * 1974 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub