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
2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombiabgcolor=gold1stTriple jump16.13 m
2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Polandbgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump16.62 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom4thTriple jump17.16 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom9thTriple jump16.70 m
Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombiabgcolor=gold1stTriple jump17.34 m
Ibero-American ChampionshipsTrujillo, Perubgcolor=gold1stTriple jump16.81 m
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5thTriple jump17.38 m
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan10thTriple jump16.63 m
2023ALBA GamesCaracas, Venezuelabgcolor=gold1stTriple jump17.23 m
Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvadorbgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump17.11 m
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdTriple jump17.40 m
Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile3rdTriple jump16.66 m
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom13thTriple jump15.98 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 .