Andy Díaz Explained

Andy Díaz
Fullname:Andy Díaz Hernández
Birth Date:25 December 1995
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Height:1.92 m
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Coach:Fabrizio Donato
Pb:17.75 m (2023)
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Andy Díaz (born 25 December 1995) is a Cuban-born Italian athlete specialising in the triple jump. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing seventh in the final. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics but did not start to avoid representing Cuba anymore.[1]

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.[2]

Díaz became Italian citizen on 23 February 2023.[3]

Achievements

Representing
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States4thTriple jump16.43 m (w)
2015NACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica5thTriple jump16.03 m (w)
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom7thTriple jump17.13 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom15thTriple jump15.37 m
2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru3rdTriple jump16.83 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar24th (q)Triple jump16.41 m
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, JapanTriple jumpDNS
Representing
2024Olympic GamesParis, France3rdTriple jump17.64 m

Circuit wins and titles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics - DIAZ Andy. dead. 2021-08-29. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829050243/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1305848-diaz-andy.htm.
  2. Web site: All-Athletics profile . 2017-08-11 . 2017-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210104412/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/804981 . dead .
  3. Web site: Andy Diaz azzurro, cittadinanza italiana al campione del salto triplo - Altri Sport - Ansa.it . 23 February 2023 .
  4. Web site: Diamond League: Vallortigara quinta in finale. fidal.it. it. 8 September 2022. 9 September 2022.