Lázaro Martínez (triple jumper)

This article is about the Cuban triple jumper. For other uses, see Lázaro Martínez.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Santray.

Lázaro Martínez

Personal information
Full name	Lázaro Martínez Santray
Born	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 Guantánamo, Cuba
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump, long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Triple jump: 17.24 m (Havana, 2014) Long jump: 7.19 m (Havana, 2014)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Cuba World Junior Championships 2014 Oregon Triple jump World Youth Championships 2013 Donetsk Triple jump
Updated on 27 December 2014.

Lázaro Martínez Santray (born 3 November 1997 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is the current World Junior Championship record holder for the triple jump with an attempt of 17.13 m jumped at the 2014 edition in Eugene, Oregon, and also holds the current world youth best in the triple jump, with an attempt of 17.24 m jumped in Havana.

Early life

Martínez was born to former 400 metres runner Isabel Contreras. He initially practised several sports, including basketball and judo, until he was about 10 years old. It was his mother who encouraged him to take up athletics and linked him up with a friend and coach.

Martínez has stated that he initially did not like athletics, but after doing a test with the said coach he was told he had the potential to enter the provincial sports school. He began specialising in the jumps under the supervision of coach Manuel Guilarte, whom he credits for instilling in him the love of athletics.

Career

At the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Martínez equalled the World Youth Championship record set by compatriot Héctor Dairo Fuentes in 2005 with an attempt of 16.63 m in the fourth round, earning him his first major gold medal.

Martínez's record-breaking continued into 2014, as he jumped a world youth best of 17.24 m in front of a home crowd in the Cuban capital Havana. He then broke the World Junior Championship record twice at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, jumping 17.08 m with a 0.6 m/s headwind on his first attempt and 17.13 m with a 0.7 m/s headwind on his second attempt. He became the fourth Cuban world junior champion in the triple jump after Yoelbi Quesada in 1992, René Hernández in 1996, Arnie David Giralt in 2002 and Pedro Pablo Pichardo in 2012.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
Triple jump	17.24 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)	La Habana	1 Feb 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	1st	Triple jump	16.63 m (wind: +1.8 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	Triple jump	16.49 m (wind: +1.8 m/s) A
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1st	Triple jump	17.13 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	Triple jump	16.53 m A (wind: -0.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	2nd	Triple jump	16.91 m A (wind: -0.6 m/s)

External links

• Lázaro Martínez profile at IAAF
• Lázaro Martínez profile at All-Athletics.com
• Tilastopaja biography

Records
Preceded by Yoelbi Quesada	World Junior Championship record holder – Men's triple jump 27 July 2014–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Gu Junjie	World youth record holder – Men's triple jump 1 February 2014–present	Incumbent
Sporting positions
Preceded by Pedro Pablo Pichardo	World Junior Champion – Men's triple jump 27 July 2014–present	Succeeded by Incumbent