17/12/72 - Havana
8.71 (CAC rec; 95) & 8.96Aw (95) &
8.79w (92), 16.05 (91). 4th 90 W Jnr, 1st 91 Pan Am Jnr, 3rd 91
Pan Am, 4th 92 Oly, 1st 92 W Cup, 1st 93 W Ind, nm 93 World final
(injured after opening foul), 1st 95 W Ind (with 8.51 for 2nd
place on world indoor all-time list), 1st 95 Pan Am (reportedly
had narrow foul of 9.03), 1st 95 World, 12th 96 Oly. GP winner in
95. Unbeaten outdoors in 95. Jumped world record beating 8.96 at
altitude in Sestriere in 95 but wind gauge (showing +1.2) gave
possibly false reading by being obscured & mark not forwarded
by Italian Federation for ratification; nevertheless he won a
$120,000 Ferrari Testarossa on offer for a world record.
Underwent hamstring surgery in March 96. Cousin of Aliuska
López, 95 world indoor 60H champion |
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