Luis Felipe Méliz Linares (born August 11, 1979, in Santa Clara, Villa Clara) is a male

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er of Cuban origin. Méliz 's personal best is 8.43 metres, achieved in June 2000 in

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* * 1979 births Living people Cuban male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Cuba Spanish male long jumpers Spanish people of Cuban descent Sportspeople of Cuban descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain European Athletics Championships medalists Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Santa Clara, Cuba {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub