Héctor Santos (long jumper) explained

Héctor Santos
Fullname:Héctor Santos Llorente
Birth Date:6 January 1998
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain[1]
Height:1.80 m
Weight:64 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long jump
Club:FC Barcelona
Coach:Iván Pedroso

Héctor Santos Llorente (born 6 January 1998) is a Spanish athlete specialising in the long jump. He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without qualifying for the final. Earlier that year he won a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.[2]

His personal bests in the event are 8.19 metres outdoors (-0.1 m/s, Gävle 2019) and 7.93 metres indoors (Antequera 2019).

He lives in Guadalajara where he trains in the group of former jumper Iván Pedroso.

International competitions

Representing
2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia10th7.11 m (w)
2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland29th (q)6.83 m
2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy3rd7.96 m
2018Mediterranean U23 ChampionshipsJesolo, Italy4th7.77 m
Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain10th7.48 m
2019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Swedenbgcolor=silver2nd8.19 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar19th (q)7.69 m
2022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain3rd7.97 m
World ChampionshipsEugene, United StatesNM
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th7.82 m
2023European GamesChorzów, Poland8th7.77 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RFEA profile . 28 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200630190953/https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf. 30 June 2020. 6 July 2020. 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships.