Lázaro Martínez Santray (born 3 November 1997) is a Cuban athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is a former 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 former world youth best in the triple jump, with an attempt of 17.24 m jumped in Havana. Martínez won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships in the triple jump event.
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 DateOutdoor Triple jump 17.24 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) Havana, Cuba 1 February 2014Indoor Triple jump 17.64 m Belgrade, Serbia 18 March 2022
Achievements Representing 2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine1stTriple jump16.63 m (wind: +1.8 m/s)Pan American Junior ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia1stTriple jump16.49 m (wind: +1.8 m/s) A2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States1stTriple jump17.13 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)Pan American Sports FestivalMexico City, Mexico3rdTriple jump16.53 m A (wind: -0.1 m/s)Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico2ndTriple jump16.91 m A (wind: -0.6 m/s)2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland1stTriple jump17.06 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8thTriple jump16.68 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom12thTriple jump16.25 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stTriple jump17.64 mIbero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain1stTriple jump17.30 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th (q)Triple jump17.06 m12023Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador1stTriple jump17.51 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndTriple jump17.41 mPan American GamesSantiago, Chile1stTriple jump17.19 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom8thTriple jump16.69 mOlympic GamesParis, France8thTriple jump17.34 m2025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China13thTriple jump14.04 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan3rdTriple jump17.49 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland4thTriple jump17.14 mCentral American and Caribbean GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic1stTriple jump16.76 m 1No mark in the final
References
External links
Lázaro Martínez at All-Athletics.com Tilastopaja biography