Javier SOTOMAYOR (CUB)
 
 
Sex Weight Height Date of birth Place of birth
M 82 1.95 13 10 1967 Limonar, Matanzas (CUB)
 
    Occupation
    Graduate of Habana I
 
Information
World high jump record holder. Has cleared 2.30m or better in 227 meetings. At high jump won 3 times PAm and CAG, twice CAC and GWG and once WUG. Furthermore won GP 1988 (3rd overall) and 1994, 4 times Ibero-American Championships.

PERSONAL BEST
  Performance   Wind  Place Date
HIGH JUMP 2.45      Salamanca 27 07 1993

SEASON BEST
  Performance   Wind  Place Date
HIGH JUMP 2.33      Edmonton 08 08 2001

PROGRESSION
  Season Performance   Wind  Place Date
HIGH JUMP
  2000 2.32      Sydney 24 09 2000
 
  1999 2.34      St Denis 03 07 1999
 
  1998 2.37      Maracaibo 20 08 1998
 
  1997 2.37      Athína 06 08 1997
 
  1996 2.33      Atlanta 18 05 1996
 
  1995 2.40      Mar del Plata 25 03 1995
 
  1994 2.42      Sevilla 05 06 1994
 
  1993 2.45      Salamanca 27 07 1993
 
  1992 2.36      Zürich 19 08 1992
 
  1992 2.36      Eberstadt 04 07 1992
 
  1991 2.40      Saint-Denis 19 07 1991
 
  1990 2.36      Jerez 03 09 1990
 
  1989 2.44      San Juan 29 07 1989
 
  1988 2.43      Salamanca 08 09 1988
 
  1987 2.37      Athína 20 06 1987
 
  1986 2.36      Santiago de Cuba 23 02 1986
 
  1985 2.34      La Habana 20 03 1985
 
  1984 2.33      La Habana 19 05 1984
 
  1983 2.17        1983

HONOURS
  Rank Performance   Wind  Place Date
HIGH JUMP  
8th IAAF World Indoor Championships 5   f 2.25      Lisboa 11 03 2001
27th Olympic Games 2   f 2.32      Sydney 24 09 2000
7th IAAF World Indoor Championships 1   f 2.36      Maebashi 07 03 1999
IAAF World Cup in Athletics 2   f 2.28  A    Johannesburg 13 09 1998
IAAF Golden League/Grand Prix Final 1   f 2.31      Moskva 05 09 1998
6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics 1   f 2.37      Athína 06 08 1997
26th Olympic Games 11   f 2.25      Atlanta, GA 28 07 1996
5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2   f 2.37      Göteborg 08 08 1995
5th IAAF World Indoor Championships 1   f 2.38      Barcelona 12 03 1995
7th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 1   f 2.40      London 11 09 1994
10th IAAF/Mobil Grand Prix Final 1   f 2.33      Paris 03 09 1994
4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 1   f 2.40      Stuttgart 22 08 1993
4th IAAF World Indoor Championships 1   f 2.41      Toronto 12 03 1993
6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 2   f 2.26      La Habana 25 09 1992
25th Olympic Games 1   f 2.34      Barcelona 02 08 1992
3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2   f 2.36      Tokyo 01 09 1991
3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships 3   f 2.31      Sevilla 10 03 1991
5th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 3   f 2.25      Barcelona 10 09 1989
2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships 1   f 2.43      Budapest 04 03 1989
2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics 9   f 2.29      Roma 1987
1st IAAF World Indoor Championships 4   f 2.32      Indianapolis, IN 07 03 1987
1st IAAF World Junior Championships 1   f 2.25      Athína 20 07 1986
4th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 3   f 2.28      Canberra 06 10 1985
IAAF World Indoor Games 2   f 2.30      Paris 18 01 1985

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