Héctor Santos (athlete)

Hector Santos

Full name

Héctor Santos Llorente

nation

Spain

birthday

6th January 1998 (age 22)

place of birth

Madrid , Spain

size

180 cm

Weight

64 kg

Career

discipline

Long jump

Best performance

8.19 m

society

FC Barcelona

Trainer

Juan Carlos Álvarez

status

active

Medal table

U23 European Championships	0 ×	1 ×	0 ×
U20 European Championships	0 ×	0 ×	1 ×

last change: June 5, 2020

Héctor Santos Llorente (born January 6, 1998 in Madrid ) is a Spanish athlete who specializes in the long jump .

Career

Héctor Santos gained his first international experience in 2015 when he finished eleventh at the Youth World Championships in Cali with a width of 7.11 m. The following year he retired from the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz with 6.83 m in qualification and in 2017 he won the bronze medal at the U20 European Championships in Grosseto with a jump of 7.96 m. In 2018 he finished fourth at the U23 Mediterranean Championships in Jesolo with 7.77 m and then came tenth at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona with 7.48 m. At the U23 Mediterranean Indoor Championships 2019 in Miramas he finished fourth with 7.54 m and then won the silver medal behind the Greek Miltiadis Tendoglou at the U23 European Championships in Gävle with a width of 8.19 m . He also qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where he did not reach the final with 7.69 m .

Long jump: 8.19 m (−0.1 m / s), July 12, 2019 in Gävle
- Hall: 7.93 m, February 16, 2019 in Antequera

personal data
SURNAME	Santos, Héctor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Santos Llorente, Héctor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish long jumper
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH	Madrid