Iván Pedroso
 Pedroso | |
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| Full name | Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler[1] |
| Born | 17 December 1972[1] |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb)[1] |
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| Country |  Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long jump |
| Retired | 2007 |
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Medal record | |
Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈβam peˈðɾoso]; born 17 December 1972) is a retired Cuban athlete, who specialized in the long jump,[2] and is the current coach of Yulimar Rojas[3] and Jordan Díaz.
Career
[edit]Pedroso was born in Havana, Cuba. In July 1990, aged just 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 metres for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international competitions in the early nineties. He almost never finished in less than first place. When Powell and Lewis retired, Pedroso became the dominant athlete, winning numerous indoor and outdoor World Championships. In fact he won all major championships from 1997 to 2001, including an Olympic gold medal in Sydney.
On 29 July 1995, Iván Pedroso jumped 8.96 metres at high altitude in Sestriere. The wind reading was +1.2 metres per second, therefore the jump would have been eligible for records and top lists, beating Mike Powell's existing world record by one centimetre. However, the Italian Athletics Federation did not forward the result to the IAAF for ratification, since the wind reading was declared invalid, because a person stood in front of the anemometer, probably intercepting the correct wind measurement.[4]
Despite his great success in the World Championships, due to injuries, he did not make a great impact on the Olympic Games like former rival Carl Lewis. He did finish fourth at the age of 19 in Barcelona 1992, but in Atlanta 1996 he had injury troubles and could only finish 12th in the final. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Pedroso spectacularly won the gold medal with his final attempt. In a tough contest in Athens 2004, he finished 7th. Pedroso has not entered in any major championships since, although he still had several jumps over 8 metres.
On 26 September 2007, Pedroso announced his retirement.
His official personal best is 8.71 metres, which he jumped in Salamanca in 1995.[5] The mark still stands as the Cuban record.
He had been the coach of 2008 triple jump Olympic champion Nelson Évora[6] and 2013 world champion Teddy Tamgho. As of 2025, he is the coach of 2020 Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas as well as 2024 Olympic champion Jordan Díaz. Pedroso is a cousin of the hurdler Aliuska López.
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Iván Pedroso". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ Nápoles Cardoso, Eddy Luis (23 February 2010), Latinoamerica También Tiene Medallas A La Sombra (in Spanish), Atletismo Peruano, retrieved 25 March 2012
- ^ "Olympic silver medalist Yulimar Rojas signs with FC Barcelona athletics team". FC Barcelona. 21 November 2016.
- ^ TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt, New York Times, 4 August 1995
- ^ IAAF Athlete Biography - IAAF website, 20 August 2008
- ^ "Atletismo: Nélson Évora treinado por Ivan Pedroso". www.maisfutebol.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 18 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Representing the Americas.
External links
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World Indoor Champions in men's long jump | |
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World University Games champions in men's long jump | |
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