Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún (born 23 February 2001) is a Cuban-born Spanish

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. At the

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, he won a

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with a jump of 17.86 m.

Career

He won the gold medal at the 2017 World Youth Championships, the 2018 World U20 Championships, the

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, the silver medal at the

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and won the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in 2018. His personal best jump is 18.18 metres, achieved in June 2024. At the 2017 World Youth Championships he jumped 17.30 metres, a new championship record and world under-18 best mark, improving it further in 2018. On 28 June 2021, he

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from the Cuban delegation sent to a preparatory competition in Castellón, Spain. He thus missed the

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. He began to train under

Iván Pedroso Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (; born December 17, 1972) is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the long jump, and the current coach of Nelson Évora, Yulimar Rojas, and Jordan Díaz. Career Pedroso was born in Havana ...

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. Shortly after acquiring Spanish citizenship in 2022, Díaz beat the country's triple jump record.

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declared Díaz eligible to represent Spain starting on 7 June 2024, just in time to compete in the

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, where he won gold with a best jump of 18.18 m which put him third in the world all-time list.

References

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Jordan Díaz – COE – Paris 2024
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Jordan 2001 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Spanish male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics U20 Championships winners Youth Olympic gold medalists for Cuba World Youth Championships in Athletics winners Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Defecting sportspeople from Cuba People of Afro–Cuban descent Naturalised citizens of Spain Naturalised athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Spanish sportsmen