Andy Díaz

Andy Díaz (born 25 December 1995) is a Cuban naturalised Italian athlete specialising in the triple jump.[2] 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.[3]

Andy Díaz
Personal information
Full nameAndy Díaz Hernández
Born (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
Coached byFabrizio Donato[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)17.75 m (2023)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Diamond League
First place2023Triple jump
Representing  Cuba
Diamond League
First place2022Triple jump
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaTriple jump

Career

His personal bests in the event are 17.75 metres outdoors (+0.9 m/s, Florence 2023) and 17.06 metres indoors (Metz 2021). He also has a best of 7.40 metres (+0.4 m/s) in the long jump from 2017.[4] He became Italian citizen on 23 February 2023.[5]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 4th Triple jump 16.43 m (w)
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 5th Triple jump 16.03 m (w)
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th Triple jump 17.13 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th Triple jump 15.37 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Triple jump 16.83 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (q) Triple jump 16.41 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan DNS Triple jump DNS

Circuit wins and titles

References

  1. "Diamond League: Vallortigara quinta in finale". fidal.it (in Italian). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. Andy Díaz at World Athletics
  3. "Athletics - DIAZ Andy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. "All-Athletics profile". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. "Andy Diaz azzurro, cittadinanza italiana al campione del salto triplo - Altri Sport - Ansa.it". 23 February 2023.
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