Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún (born 23 February 2001) is a

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n-born Spanish

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er.

Career

He won the gold medal at the 2017 World Youth Championships, the 2018 World U20 Championships, the

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, the silver medal at the

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and won the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in 2018. His personal best jump is 17.87 metres, achieved in June 2022 in

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. 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

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from the Cuban delegation sent to a preparatory competition in Castellón, Spain. He thus missed the Tokyo Olympics. He began to train under

Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (; born December 17, 1972) is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the long jump, and the current coach of Nelson Évora, Yulimar Rojas and Ana Peleteiro. Career Pedroso was born in Havana, ...

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. Shortly after acquiring Spanish citizenship in 2022, Díaz beat the country's triple jump record.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Jordan 2001 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Spanish male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics U20 Championships winners Youth Olympic gold medalists for Cuba World Youth Championships in Athletics winners Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Defecting sportspeople of Cuba