Lázaro Betancourt (born 18 March 1963) is a retired male

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er from

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. Best known for his silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he also won the Central American and Caribbean Games twice. In June 1986 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.78 metres, which puts him 14th place in the all-time performers list. In the same year Betancourt was suspended after he failed a

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. Betancourt won the British

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title in the triple jump event at the

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* 1963 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Doping cases in athletics Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Cuba 20th-century Cuban sportsmen Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Cuban Athletics Championships winners {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub