Wilfredo Yaniel Martínez Caraballoso (; born 9 January 1985 in

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Career

His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2008 in

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. He won the silver medal at the

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Personal bests

Outdoor *Long jump: 8.31 m A (wind: +1.6 m/s) –

, 6 July 2008 *Triple jump: 15.55 m –

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, 14 February 2003 Indoor *Long jump: 8.18 m –

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, 20 February 2010

Competition record

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Sports reference biography
1985 births Living people Cuban male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Cuba Doping cases in athletics Cuban sportspeople in doping cases Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub