Juan Miguel Echevarría Laflé (born 11 August 1998) is a Cuban
athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
specialising in the
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
. He represented his country at the
2017 World Championships, narrowly missing the final. He later won a gold medal at the
2018 World Indoor Championships with a mark of .
His personal bests in the event are outdoors in
Bad Langensalza
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in 2018 with a wind of + and indoors in Birmingham in 2018. He jumped in
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. on 10 March 2019, aided by a + wind, further than the extant Cuban national record of . While this jump was not eligible for the Cuban record due to the excessive wind assistance, it was notable for being the longest jump in competition under any conditions for nearly 24 years, and the fourth longest jump under any conditions ever.
International competitions
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1998 births
Living people
Cuban male long jumpers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Camagüey
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Diamond League winners
Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
Olympic athletes of Cuba
21st-century Cuban people
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