Andy Díaz

Andy Díaz
Full name	Andy Díaz
nation	Cuba
birthday	25th December 1995 (age 24)
place of birth	Cuba
Career
discipline	Triple jump
Best performance	Open air: 17.40 m Hall: 15.37 m
status	active
Medal table
Pan American Games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Pan American Games bronze Lima 2019 Triple jump
last change: February 3, 2020

Andy Díaz (born December 25, 1995 ) is a Cuban athlete who specializes in the triple jump .

Athletic career

Andy Díaz first competed in national triple jump competitions in 2013 at the age of 17 and achieved the greatest distance with 15.63 m. During the 2014 season he was able to improve steadily and qualified for the U20 World Championships in Eugene in July . In his qualification group he made it into the final with the greatest distance, in which he climbed again to 16.43 m and in the end took fourth place. 2015 appeared at the North American Championships for the first time in an international championship among adults. At the competition in San José, he finished fifth. In the 2016 season, he mainly competed in national competitions.

In March 2017 he set his best performance of 17.40 m in Havana and then traveled to the World Championships in London. With the third best distance in his qualification group, he qualified for the final. There he increased, compared to the qualification, again up to 17.13 m with which he landed in seventh place. In spring 2018 he competed at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. This was his first indoor competition on an international level. With 15.37 m he failed in the qualification. In June 2019 Díaz won the bronze medal with 16.83 m at the Pan American Games in Lima. At the subsequent World Championships in Doha, he did not survive qualification.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Expanse
Starts for Cuba
2014	U20 world championships	Eugene	4th	Triple jump	16.43 m
2015	North American Championships	San Jose	5.	Triple jump	16.03 m
2017	World championships	London	7th	Triple jump	17.13 m
2018	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	15th	Triple jump	15.37 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima	3.	Triple jump	16.83 m
	World championships	Doha	24.	Triple jump	16.41 m

Personal best

open air

• Triple jump : 17.40 m, March 17, 2017, Havana
• Long jump : 7.40 m, March 4, 2017, Havana

Hall

• Triple jump: 15.37 m, 3rd March 2018, Birmingham

Web links

• Andy Diaz in the database of World Athletics (English)