Eusebio Cáceres

Eusebio Cáceres
Eusebio Cáceres (2017)
Full name	Eusebio Cáceres López
nation	Spain
birthday	10th September 1991 (age 28)
place of birth	Onil ,  Spain
size	174 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
discipline	Long jump
Best performance	8.32 m
Trainer	Juan Carlos Álvarez José Anastasio Vallejo
status	active
Medal table
U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 1 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
U23 European Championships gold Tampere 2013 Long jump bronze Tampere 2013 4 × 100 m  U20 world championships bronze Bydgoszcz 2008 Long jump silver Moncton 2010 Long jump
last change: May 24, 2020

Eusebio Cáceres López (born September 10, 1991 in Onil , Alicante province ) is a Spanish athlete who competes in the long jump .

Athletic career

Eusebio Cáceres has been competing in international athletics competitions since 2006. First he started in various sub-disciplines, which is why he also competed in the eight-fight at the U18 World Championships in Ostrava in 2007 . After the eight disciplines he landed in sixth place with 6144 points. As early as 2008, at the age of sixteen, he took part in the national indoor championships for adults for the first time and was able to take fifth place in the long jump. In June he was the Spanish U20 champion with a height of 7.86 m. Then he went to the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, in addition to the long jump, also with the sprint relay at the start. While he did not reach the finish with the relay in the preliminary, he won the bronze medal in his parade discipline with 7.59 m. In 2009 he took part in three competitions at the U20 European Championships in Novi Sad. While he was eliminated over 100 m in the preliminary run, he finished sixth in both the relay and the long jump.

In 2010, Cáceres won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the Spanish U20 indoor championships in the spring. In the summer he competed again in the U20 world championships, this time in Moncton, Canada. After he passed the qualification without difficulty, he jumped 7.90 m in the final, with which he won the silver medal. With the season he retired in advance. In the same month he also competed at the European Championships in Barcelona. After he was able to jump a distance of 8 meters for the first time in 2009, he jumped 8.27 m in the qualification and thus increased his best performance considerably. In the final, he was unable to match this length and ended up in eighth place with 7.93 m. His distance from qualifying meant a new European junior record. In 2011 he became Spanish indoor champion in the long jump. In March he competed at the European Indoor Championships in Paris, where he was eliminated in qualifying. During the following summer, he only came close to his last year's best once. At the U23 European Championships he made it into the final, but did not get past 7.64 m and finished eighth. He then took part in the world championships in adults for the first time at the World Championships in Daegu. In the qualification he came to 7.91 m, which he finished 18th.

In 2012, Cáceres finished eleventh at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul and was also able to successfully defend the national indoor championship title. In July he competed at the European Championships in Helsinki, where he moved into the finals and finished fifth with 8.06 m. In the same month he improved in the Spanish U23 championships to 8.31 m. In August he became Spanish champions for the first time outdoors and also took part in the Olympic Games in London. He stayed under eight meters and ended up in 14th place. During the 2013 season he continuously jumped well over eight meters, making it one of the favorites at the U23 European Championships in Tampere. In the final, he set a new record of 8.37 m, which is still current today (as of 2020). With this width, which also meant a new championship record at U23 European Championships, he was crowned European champion. Only two days later he added a bronze medal to the gold medal with the 4 x 100 meter relay. Exactly one month later he also took part in the highlight of the season, the World Championships in Moscow. He made it into the final, in which he narrowly missed the medal ranks with 8.26 m in fourth. In 2014, Cáceres was again Spanish champion and started in August at the European Championships in Zurich. He moved into the finals and, like at the world championships, finished fourth.

In January 2015, Cáceres achieved his best indoor performance with 8.16 m in Karlsruhe. The entire season he did not take part in any international championships, but was able to win again in the national championships in August. In 2016 he qualified for the final at the European Championships in Amsterdam. However, he couldn't make any further jumps in it and finished eleventh. The next year he was again Spanish indoor champion and also competed in the spring at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade, where he was ninth. At the World Championships in London, he did not reach a valid distance. In 2018 he moved into the finals of the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, where he finished eighth and last with 7.91 m. In 2019, Cáceres again won the national championship titles both indoors and outdoors. In March he finished fourth at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow. After he showed jumps again in August that went well beyond the eight-meter mark, he also competed at the World Championships in Doha in September . After he reached the final with a jump of 8.01 m, he showed the same distance again and took seventh place.

Overall, Cáceres has been the Spanish champion nine times, three times in the open air, six times in the hall. He now lives and trains in Madrid after having lived in Onil in his homeland for a long time. In recent years he was repeatedly set back by complicated injuries, including to the Achilles tendon. He was considered a child prodigy for a long time, having jumped over 8.20 m at the age of 18. Due to the many injuries and the disappointment of the 2017 World Championships, he had to change his technique several times and find the ease for jumping again.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Distance / time / points
Starts for Spain
2007	U18 world championships	Ostrava	6th	Eight fight	6144 points
2008	U20 world championships	Bydgoszcz	3.	Long jump	7.59 m
				4 × 100 m	DNF
2009	U20 European Championships	Novi Sad	?	100 m	10.66 m
			6th	Long jump	7.64 m
			6th	4 × 100 m	40.03 s
2010	U20 world championships	Moncton	2.	Long jump	7.90 m
			16.	4 × 100 m	40.82 s
	European championships	Barcelona	8th.	Long jump	7.93 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris	11.	Long jump	7.83 m
	U23 European Championships	Ostrava	8th.	Long jump	7.64 m
				4 × 100 m	DNF
	World championships	Daegu	18th	Long jump	7.91 m
2012	Indoor world championships	Istanbul	11.	Long jump	7.71 m
	European championships	Helsinki	5.	Long jump	8.06 m
	Olympic Summer Games	London	14th	Long jump	7.92 m
2013	U23 European Championships	Tampere	1.	Long jump	8.37 m
			3.	4 × 100 m	38.87 s
	World championships	Moscow	4th	Long jump	8.26 m
2014	European championships	Zurich	4th	Long jump	8.11 m
2016	European championships	Amsterdam	11.	Long jump	7.91 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	9.	Long jump	7.72 m
	World championships	London		Long jump	-
2018	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	8th.	Long jump	7.91 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow	4th	Long jump	7.98 m
	World championships	Doha	7th	Long jump	8.01 m

Personal best

open air

• 100 m : 10.37 s, July 21, 2012, Toledo
• Long jump : 8.32 m, July 12, 2013, Tampere

Hall

• Long jump: 8.16 m, January 31, 2015, Karlsruhe

Web links

• Eusebio Cáceres in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Eusebio Cáceres in the database of European Athletics (English)
• Eusebio Cáceres in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RFEA profile
2. ↑ Phil Minshull: Men's Long Jump - Preview ( English ) August 14, 2013. Accessed May 24, 2020.
3. ↑ Michael Butcher: Caceres, Trost and Terzic help light up the European U23s ( English ) July 15, 2013. Accessed May 24, 2020.
4. ↑ Javier Sánchez: El fin del calvario de Eusebio Cáceres: "Quiero saltar como cuando era un niño" ( Spanish ) September 27, 2019. Accessed May 24, 2020.