Roberto Cabrejas Explained

Roberto Cabrejas
Birth Date:28 December 1952
Birth Place:Rabanera del Pinar, Spain[1]
Death Place:Barcelona, Spain
Height:1.81 m
Weight:70 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump
Club:Tolosa CF

Roberto Cabrejas Cuadrado (28 December 1952 – 4 July 2001) was a Spanish athlete who specialised in the high jump. He won a silver medal at the 1983 Ibero-American Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1983 World Championships.

His personal bests in the event were 2.26 metres outdoors (Madrid 1983) and 2.22 metres indoors (Milan 1982).[2] After retirement, he worked as a coach and was appointed head of the technical committee of high jump by the Catalan Federation of Athletism. Cabrejas died on 4 July 2001 when the motorbike he was riding on was hit by a car in Barcelona.[3]

International competitions

Representintg
1977European Indoor ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain18th2.10 m
1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union16th2.10 m
1982European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy7th2.22 m
European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece13th (h)2.18 m
1983European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, HungaryNM
Mediterranean GamesCasablanca, Morocco7th2.13 m
Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spainbgcolor=silver2nd2.16 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland23rd (q)2.15 m

References

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/roberto-cabrejas-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/athlete/286419 All-Athletics profile
  3. Web site: AS . Diario . 2001-07-05 . Fallece el saltador de altura Roberto Cabrejas en accidente de moto . 2023-08-22 . AS.com . es.