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Andy Díaz

Andy Díaz
Personal information
Full nameAndy Díaz Hernández
Born (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 29)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
Coached byFabrizio Donato[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best17.75 m (2023)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Triple jump
Diamond League
First place 2023 Triple jump
Representing  Cuba
Diamond League
First place 2022 Triple jump
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Triple jump

Andy Díaz Hernández[a] (born 25 December 1995) is a Cuban-born Italian athlete specialising in the triple jump.[2] He represented Cuba at the 2017 World Championships, finishing seventh in the final. He traveled to the 2020 Summer Olympics but did not compete due to injury. He later defected to Italy.[3]

Career

His personal bests in the event are 17.75 metres outdoors (+0.9 m/s, Florence 2023) and 17.61 metres indoors (Torun 2024). He also has a best of 7.40 metres (+0.4 m/s) in the long jump from 2017.[4]

Díaz became Italian citizen on 23 February 2023.[5]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 4th Triple jump 16.43 m (w)
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 5th Triple jump 16.03 m (w)
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th Triple jump 17.13 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th Triple jump 15.37 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Triple jump 16.83 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (q) Triple jump 16.41 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan DNS Triple jump DNS
Representing  Italy
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Triple jump 17.64 m

Circuit wins and titles

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Diamond League: Vallortigara quinta in finale" [Diamond League: Vallortigara fifth in final]. fidal.it (in Italian). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Andy DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ". World Athletics.
  3. ^ "Andy Díaz Hernández: From Cuba to Italy, Achieving Triple Jump Success". ilmessaggero.it. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Andy DÍAZ". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Andy Diaz azzurro, cittadinanza italiana al campione del salto triplo - Altri Sport" [Andy Diaz blue, Italian citizenship for the triple jump champion - Other Sports]. Ansa.it (in Italian). 23 February 2023.
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