Jaime Jefferson

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Jaime Jefferson ( Jaime Jefferson Guilarte; born January 17, 1962 in Guantánamo ) is a former Cuban long jumper .

In 1983 he won bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships and won the Pan American Games in Caracas and the Ibero-American Athletics Championships. After triumphs at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1985 and the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1986, he was tenth in the 1987 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Indianapolis . In the summer he won bronze at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis and was sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Rome . In 1988 he was Ibero-American champion for the second time.

In 1989 he was fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest , won the Central American and Caribbean Championships and was eighth at the World Cup in Athletics in Barcelona . The following year he won silver at the Central American and Caribbean Games. In 1991 a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville was followed by a victory at the Pan American Games in Havana and a ninth place at the World Championships in Tokyo .

After boycotting the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988, Cuba made his first Olympic appearance in Barcelona in 1992 and finished fifth.

In 1993 he won bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto , but retired from qualifying at the World Championships in Stuttgart . At the end of the season he won bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Games. In 1994 he was the third time Ibero-American champion.

In 1995 he won silver at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata , but failed again in the first round at the World Cup in Gothenburg .

A preliminary round also overtook him at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Previously in the year he had won silver at the Ibero-American Championships. In his final season in 1997, silver followed at the Central American and Caribbean Championships.

Personal best

  • Long jump: 8.53 m, May 12, 1990, Havana (former Cuban record)
    • Hall: 8.18 m, February 3, 1990, Oviedo (former Cuban record)

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personal data
SURNAME Jefferson, Jaime
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jefferson Guilarte, Jaime
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban long jumper
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Guantánamo