Lázaro Betancourt (born March 18, 1963) 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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. Best known for his silver medal at the

1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Athlet ...

, 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. In the same year Betancourt was suspended after he failed a

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.Dubin, Charles S. (1990)
Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance.
Ottawa: Government of Canada Publications. .

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1963 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Doping cases in athletics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Cuba 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub