Juan Miguel Echevarría Laflé (born 11 August 1998) is a Cuban

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specialising in the

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. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, narrowly missing the final. He later won a gold medal at the 2018 World Indoor Championships with a mark of . His personal bests in the event are outdoors in

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in 2018 with a wind of + and indoors in Birmingham in 2018. He jumped in

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* 1998 births Living people Cuban male long jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Camagüey World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Diamond League winners Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic athletes for Cuba 21st-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub