Eusebio Cáceres López (born 10 September 1991 in

Onil Onil (, ) is a town located in the comarca of L'Alcoià, in the province of Alicante, Spain. It has an area of 48.41 km2 and, according to the 2006 census, a total population of 7466 inhabitants and a population density of 154.22 inhabitants ...

) is a Spanish

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athlete who specialises in the

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Career

He began competing in a wide variety of events at the start of his junior career, including the

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. He won the long jump

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at the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted t ...

. His first senior

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in the event soon followed at the

2009 European Team Championships The first European Athletics Team Championships took place on 20 and 21 June 2009. The track and field athletics tournament run by European Athletics was the successor of the old European Cup competition which was held annually until 2008. The Ch ...

, where he jumped a personal best of eight metres, and he also reached the semi-finals of the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

at the

2009 European Athletics Junior Championships The 20th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 23 and 26 July 2009 in the Stadion Karađorđe in Novi Sad, Serbia. Germany topped the medal table with 25 medals overall, including 10 golds, ahead of Russia and Ukraine. Medal ...

. He helped the Spanish 4×100 metres relay team to sixth in the event final in a national junior record time of 40.03 seconds. Cáceres set the world junior best mark of 5984 points in the indoor heptathlon at the 2010 Spanish junior championships. He chose to compete in his speciality at the

2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19 to 25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics ...

and won the long jump

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, finishing behind Luvo Manyonga. IAAF World Challenge - Meeting Madrid 2017 - 170714 194132-6

In the long jump qualifying rounds at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Cat ...

, he cleared a European junior record distance of 8.27 m to top the rankings. He failed to repeat that form in the final round, finishing eighth, but his jump remained the best of that year's tournament with the sole exception of Christian Reif's championship record effort of 8.47 m. It was also the second best mark by any European athlete that year, ranking him in the top eight of the discipline worldwide in 2010. He competed at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, but did not reach the final. He reached the final of the 2013 World Championships, finishing in 4th. A year later, he also finished in 4th place at the 2014 European Championships. At the

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, he finished 4th in the men's long jump, having finished 4th in the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

Competition record

¹No mark in the final

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caceres, Eusebio 1991 births Living people Spanish male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Spanish Athletics Championships winners People from Alcoià Sportspeople from the Province of Alicante