Héctor Dayron Fuentes Valdés (born 19 May 1988 in

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. His personal best jump is 17.43 metres, achieved in February 2008 in

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he has 7.94 metres outdoors, achieved in May 2008 in

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, and 7.95 metres indoors, achieved in February 2008 in

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1988 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Cuban sportsmen {{cuba-athletics-bio-stub