Cristian Nápoles Explained

Cristian Nápoles
Birth Date:	27 November 1998
Birth Place:	Marianao, Cuba
Height:	1.81 m^[1]
Weight:	80 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Triple jump

Cristian Atanay Nápoles (born 27 November 1998, in Marianao) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the triple jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in the triple jump event. Nápoles also represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing fourth and only missing the bronze by four centimetres. Additionally, he won the silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships and the gold at the 2015 World Youth Championships. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

His personal best in the event is 17.38 metres (+0.8 m/s) set in Doha in 2019.^[3]

International competitions

Representing
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Triple jump	16.13 m
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Triple jump	16.62 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	Triple jump	17.16 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	Triple jump	16.70 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Triple jump	17.34 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	bgcolor=gold	1st	Triple jump	16.81 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	Triple jump	17.38 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	Triple jump	16.63 m
2023	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	bgcolor=gold	1st	Triple jump	17.23 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Triple jump	17.11 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Triple jump	17.40 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	Triple jump	16.66 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	13th	Triple jump	15.98 m

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 CAC Games bio. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180808011653/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n4742-napoles-urria-cristian-atanay.htm. 8 August 2018. dead.
2. Web site: Athletics NAPOLES Cristian. dead. 2021-08-29. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805033913/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1305865-napoles-cristian.htm . 2021-08-05 .
3. Web site: All-Athletics profile . 2017-08-11 . 2017-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170811224026/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/938641 . dead .