Lázaro Martínez (triple Jumper)
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Lázaro Martínez Santray (born 3 November 1997) is a Cuban athlete who specialises in the
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and the
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
. He is a former World Junior Championship record holder for the triple jump with an attempt of 17.13 m jumped at the 2014 edition in
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, and also holds the former world youth best in the triple jump, with an attempt of 17.24 m jumped in
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Early life

Martínez was born to former
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runner Isabel Contreras. He initially practised several sports, including
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and
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, until he was about 10 years old. It was his mother who encouraged him to take up athletics and linked him up with a friend and coach. Martínez has stated that he initially did not like athletics, but after doing a test with the said coach he was told he had the potential to enter the provincial sports school. He began specialising in the jumps under the supervision of coach Manuel Guilarte, whom he credits for instilling in him the love of athletics.


Career

At the 2013 World Youth Championships in
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, Martínez equalled the World Youth Championship record set by compatriot Héctor Dairo Fuentes in
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with an attempt of 16.63 m in the fourth round, earning him his first major gold medal. Martínez's record-breaking continued into 2014, as he jumped a world youth best of 17.24 m in front of a home crowd in the Cuban capital
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, jumping 17.08 m with a 0.6 m/s headwind on his first attempt and 17.13 m with a 0.7 m/s headwind on his second attempt. He became the fourth Cuban world junior champion in the triple jump after
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Personal bests


Achievements

1No mark in the final


References


External links

*
Lázaro Martínez
at All-Athletics.com
Tilastopaja biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Lazaro 1997 births Living people Athletes from Guantánamo Cuban male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba Olympic male triple jumpers Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Diamond League winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)