Michael Calvo
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Born | 26 December 1977 | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Calvo Villamil (born 26 December 1977) is a Cuban triple jumper.
Career
[edit]His personal best jump is 17.30 metres, achieved in February 1997 in Havana. The result places him tenth on the all-time Cuban performers list, behind Yoelbi Quesada, Lázaro Betancourt, Aliecer Urrutia, Yoandri Betanzos, Alexander Martínez, Jorge Reyna, Yoel García, Pedro Pérez and Arnie David Giralt. [1]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Triple jump | 16.47 m |
World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.17 m | |
1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.03 m |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 9th (q) | Triple jump | 16.54 m (-0.5 m/s) | |
2000 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Triple jump | 17.05 m CR |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 15th (q) | Triple jump | 16.30 m (0.3 m/s) | |
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 7th | Triple jump | 16.75 m |
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Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Cuban male triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Cuban people
- Cuban Athletics Championships winners
- Cuban athletics biography stubs