Jackson Quiñónez Vernaza (born 12 June 1980 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is a Spanish hurdler of

Afro-Ecuadorian Afro-Ecuadorians or Afroecuatorianos (Spanish), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent. History and background Most Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of enslaved Africans who were transported by Spanish slavers to Ecuad ...

descent. He represented his birth country Ecuador until October 2005.

Career

He won the bronze medal in 60 metres hurdles for his new country at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. For Ecuador he competed at the World Championships in

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and

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as well as the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

without reaching the final round. His personal best time is 13.34 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Zaragoza. This is the current Spanish record. He still holds the Ecuadorian records in 110 metres hurdles with 13.44 seconds, and in the indoor

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

with 2.10 metres.Ecuadorian athletics records

Competition record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinonez, Jackson 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Esmeraldas, Ecuador Spanish male hurdlers Ecuadorian male hurdlers Ecuadorian male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Ecuador World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Ecuadorian emigrants to Spain Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador South American Games silver medalists for Ecuador South American Games medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 South American Games