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| Javier Sotomayor |
| Event |
high jump |
| Height |
6'4" (193 cm) |
| Weight |
176 lbs (80 kg) |
| Nationality |
Cuba |
| PR |
HJ - 2.45 (1993) |
| Born |
October 13, 1967 at Limonar, Matanzas, Cuba |
| Club |
adidas |
Javier Sotomayor Sanabri (1967-) is a Cuban high jumper who won a gold and silver medal in the Olympics.
He twice increased the world record, to 2.44 metres on July 29, 1989 in San Juan and to the current record of 2.45 meters (8 ft ½ in) on July 23, 1993 in Salamanca, Spain. Sotomayor also set the current world indoor record of 2.43 meters on March 4, 1989 in Budapest.[1] Sotomayor has cleared 2.30m or better in 227 track meets. In the high jump, He won gold medals 3 times the Pan American Games and the Central American Games, twice CAC and the Good Will Games and once at the World University Games. He also won the IAAF Grand Prix in 1988 (3rd overall) and 1in the 994, 4 times in the Ibero-American Championships.
Career highlights
| Meet |
Place |
Mark |
Wind |
City |
Date |
| High jump |
| 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships |
5 f |
2.25 |
|
Lisboa |
3/11/2001 |
| 27th Olympic Games |
2 f |
2.32 |
|
Sydney |
9/24/2000 |
| 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships |
1 f |
2.36 |
|
Maebashi |
3/07/1999 |
| 8th IAAF World Cup in Athetics |
2 f |
2.28 |
|
Johannesburg |
9/13/1998 |
| IAAF Golden League/Grand Prix Final |
1 f |
2.31 |
|
Moskva |
9/05/1998 |
| 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics |
1 f |
2.37 |
|
Athína |
8/06/1997 |
| 26th Olympic Games |
11 f |
2.25 |
|
Atlanta, GA |
7/28/1996 |
| 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
2 f |
2.37 |
|
Göteborg |
08/08/1995 |
| 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships |
1 f |
2.38 |
|
Barcelona |
3/12/1995 |
| 7th IAAF World Cup in Athletics |
1 f |
2.40 |
|
London |
9/11/1994 |
| 10th IAAF/Mobil Grand Prix Final |
1 f |
2.33 |
|
Paris |
9/03/1994 |
| 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
1 f |
2.40 |
|
Stuttgart |
8/22/1993 |
| 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships |
1 f |
2.41 |
|
Toronto (SD) |
3/14/1993 |
| 6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics |
2 f |
2.26 |
|
La Habana |
9/25/1992 |
| 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
2 f |
2.36 |
|
Tokyo |
9/01/1991 |
| 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships |
3 f |
2.31 |
|
Sevilla |
3/10/1991 |
| 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships |
1 f |
2.43 |
|
Budapest (SC) |
3/04/1989 |
| 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics |
9 f |
2.29 |
|
Roma |
9/06/1987 |
| 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships |
4 f |
2.32 |
|
Indianapolis, IN |
3/07/1987 |
| 1st IAAF World Junior Championships |
1 f |
2.25 |
|
Athína |
7/20/1986 |
| 4th IAAF World Cup in Athletics |
3 f |
2.28 |
|
Canberra |
10/06/1985 |
| IAAF World Indoor Games |
2 f |
2.30 |
|
Paris |
1/18/1985 |
Doping controversies
 |
Sotomayor was tested positively for cocaine use at the 1999 Pan American Games, which Fidel Castro claimed was a set up by the Cuban-American Mafia,[2], and Sotomayor claimed his innocence. IAAF followed up the suspension of Sotomayor by shortening it to still let him compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics in a controversial decision. IAAF's motivation for this action was that Sotomayor had done so much for the sport and acted exemplarily during his career.[3] The IAAF action to shorten the suspension drew protests from Sweden, Denmark and Norway.[3] |
In September 2001, Sotomayor announced that he would end his career, following yet another positive drug test taken in Tenerife in July 2001, this time for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.[4] He avoided a lifetime ban that would normally follow a second positive test by leaving the sport. This second test disqualified his fourth position in the 2001 World Championship. Once again, Sotomayor claimed he was innocent and this time claimed mistakes had been made during the handling of his doping test.[4]
These allegations never gained strong support in his home country Cuba,[4] although former IAAF Vice President and Doping Commission Chairman Arne Ljungqvist[5] subsequently claimed these were both "crystal clear cases" in a Swedish interview.[6]
He currently manages Cuban athletes, including Yeimer Lopez Garcia.[7]
External links
References
- ↑ IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - Statistics - Top Lists
- ↑ Notable doping excuses. CBC Sports. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Protest over Sotomayor comeback. BBC UK. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sotomayor tests positive for nandrolone. Rediff Sports. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.
- ↑ Dr Arne Ljungqvist (SWE). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.
- ↑ Ljungqvist: "Crystal clear cases" (Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=45799.html Retrieved 2009-06-13.
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Olympic champions in men's high jump |
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1896: Ellery Clark • 1900: Irving Baxter • 1904: Samuel Jones • 1906: Cornelius Leahy • 1908: Harry Porter • 1912: Alma Richards • 1920: Richmond Landon • 1924: Harold Osborn • 1928: Robert Wade King • 1932: Duncan McNaughton • 1936: Cornelius Johnson • 1948: John Winter • 1952: Walter Davis • 1956: Charles Dumas • 1960: Robert Shavlakadze • 1964: Valeriy Brumel • 1968: Dick Fosbury • 1972: Jüri Tarmak • 1976: Jacek Wszola • 1980: Gerd Wessig • 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg • 1988: Gennadiy Avdeyenko • 1992: Javier Sotomayor • 1996: Charles Austin • 2000: Sergey Klyugin • 2004: Stefan Holm • 2008: Andrey Silnov |
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Pan American Champions in Men's High Jump |
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1951: Virgil Severns (USA) • 1955: Ernie Shelton (USA) • 1959: Charles Dumas (USA) • 1963: Gene Johnson (USA) • 1967: Ed Caruthers (USA) • 1971: Pat Matzdorf (USA) • 1975: Tom Woods (USA) • 1979: Franklin Jacobs (USA) • 1983: Francisco Centelles (CUB) • 1987 – 1995: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) • 1999: Kwaku Boateng and Mark Boswell (CAN) • 2003: Germaine Mason (JAM) • 2007: Víctor Moya (CUB)
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