Кубалық ұзық секіруші Иван Педросо

Cuban long jumper

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (iˈβam peˈðɾoso; born December 17, 1972) is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the long jump, and the current coach of Nelson Évora, Yulimar Rojas and Ana Peleteiro.

Pedroso was born in Havana, Cuba. In July 1990, aged just 17, Pedroso jumped more than eight meters for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international competitions in the early nineties. He almost never finished in less than first place. When Powell and Lewis retired, Pedroso became a dominant athlete, winning numerous indoor and outdoor World Championships. In fact he won all major championships from 1997 to 2001, including an Olympic gold medal in Sydney. At altitude in Sestriere in 1995, Iván Pedroso jumped 8.96 meters with a measured wind of +1.2. This would have been the world record, beating Mike Powell by one centimeter. However, the Italian Athletics Federation did not forward the result to the IAAF for ratification, since the wind mark was declared invalid, because a person stood in front of the anemometer, probably intercepting the correct wind measurement. Despite his great success in the World Championships, due to injuries, he did not make a great impact on the Olympic Games like former rival Carl Lewis. He did finish fourth at the age of 19 in Barcelona 1992, but in Atlanta 1996 he had injury troubles and could only finish 12th in the long jump final. In the 2000 Olympics (Sydney), Pedroso spectacularly won the gold medal with his last jump. In a tough contest at the 2004 Olympics, he finished 7th. Pedroso has not entered in any major championships since, although he still had several jumps over 8 metres. On 26 September 2007, Pedroso announced his retirement. His best jump was officially 8.71 meters, in Salamanca 1995. He is the coach of 2013 triple jump world champion, Teddy Tamgho. Pedroso is a cousin of the hurdler Aliuska López.

Representing 1990Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U 20)Havana, Cuba2nd7.74 m (+0.3 m/s)World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 4th7.81 m ( 0.2 m/s)1991Pan American Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica1st8.08 mPan American GamesHavana, Cuba3rd7.96 m1992Ibero American ChampionshipsSeville, Spain1st8.53 m (+1.6 m/s)Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain 4th8.11 m ( 0.8 m/s)World CupHavana, Cuba 1st7.97 m1993World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 1st8.23 mWorld Championships Stuttgart, Germany —1995World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st8.51 m World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st8.70 m (+1.6 m/s)Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st8.50 mIAAF Grand Prix FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco1st8.49 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States12th7.75 m1997World Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st8.51 m Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSan Juan, Puerto Rico1st8.54 m World Championships Athens, Greece 1st8.42 m (+0.1 m/s)Universiade Catania, Italy 1st8.40 m IAAF Grand Prix FinalFukuoka, Japan 1st8.53 m1998Goodwill GamesUniondale, United States1st8.54 mCentral American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st8.45 m World CupJohannesburg, South Africa 1st8.37 m1999World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st8.62 m World Championships Seville, Spain 1st8.56 m (+1.1 m/s)Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st8.52 mIAAF Grand Prix FinalMunich, Germany1st8.43 m2000Summer OlympicsSydney, Australia 1st8.55 m (+0.4 m/s)2001World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st8.43 mWorld Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st8.55 m (+1.2 m/s) Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 1st8.16 m2002World CupMadrid, Spain 2nd8.19 m (+0.6 m/s)2003Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st8.23 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France (q)—2004World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th8.09 mIbero American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain3rd7.78 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece 7th8.23 m (+0.7 m/s)2006Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd7.92 m2007Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th7.86 m