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Spanish long jumper
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Cáceres and the second or maternal family name is
López .
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Eusebio Cáceres
Cáceres in 2022
Full name Eusebio Cáceres López Born (1991-09-10 ) 10 September 1991 (age 32)
Onil , Spain Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 69 kg (152 lb) Country
Spain Sport Athletics Event
Long jump
Eusebio Cáceres López (born 10 September 1991 in
Onil ) is a Spanish
track and field athlete who specialises in the
long jump .
Career
He began competing in a wide variety of events at the start of his junior career, including the
decathlon . He won the long jump
bronze medal at the
2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics . His first senior
gold medal in the event soon followed at the
2009 European Team Championships , where he jumped a personal best of eight metres, and he also reached the semi-finals of the
100 metres at the
2009 European Athletics Junior Championships . He helped the Spanish
4×100 metres relay team to sixth in the event final in a national junior record time of 40.03 seconds.
[1] Cáceres set the world junior best mark of 5984 points in the indoor heptathlon at the 2010 Spanish junior championships.
[2] He chose to compete in his speciality at the
2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and won the long jump
silver medal , finishing behind
Luvo Manyonga .
[3]
Eusebio Cáceres jumping during the IAAF World Challenge
Meeting Madrid 2017 .
In the long jump qualifying rounds at the
2010 European Athletics Championships , he cleared a European junior record distance of 8.27 m to top the rankings.
[4] He failed to repeat that form in the final round, finishing eighth, but his jump remained the best of that year's tournament with the sole exception of
Christian Reif 's championship record effort of 8.47 m.
[5] It was also the second best mark by any European athlete that year, ranking him in the top eight of the discipline worldwide in 2010.
[6]
[7]
He competed at the
2012 Olympics , but did not reach the final.
[8]
He reached the final of the
2013 World Championships , finishing in 4th.
[9] A year later, he also finished in 4th place at the
2014 European Championships .
[9]
At the
2020 Olympics , he finished 4th in the men's long jump, having finished 4th in the
2019 European Indoor Championships .
[9]
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
Spain
2007
World Youth Championships
Ostrava, Czech Republic
6th
Octathlon
6.144 pts
2008
World Junior Championships
Bydgoszcz ,
Poland
3rd
Long jump
7.59 m (-0.2 m/s)
—
4 × 100 m relay
DNF
2009
European Junior Championships
Novi Sad, Serbia
5th (h)
100 m
10.66
6th
Long jump
7.64 m
6th
4 x 100 m relay
40.03
2010
World Junior Championships
Moncton, New Brunswick ,
Canada
2nd
Long jump
7.90 m (-1.2 m/s)
16th (h)
4 × 100 m relay
40.82
European Championships
Barcelona ,
Spain
8th
Long jump
7.93 m
2011
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
11th (q)
Long jump
7.83 m
European U23 Championships
Ostrava ,
Czech Republic
8th
Long jump
7.64 m (+1.1 m/s)
—
4 × 100 m relay
DNF
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
18th (q)
Long jump
7.91 m
2012
World Indoor Championships
Istanbul, Turkey
11th (q)
Long jump
7.71 m
European Championships
Helsinki ,
Finland
5th
Long jump
8.06 m
Olympic Games
London ,
United Kingdom
14th (q)
Long jump
7.92 m
2013
European U23 Championships
Tampere ,
Finland
1st
Long jump
8.37 m (+1.1 m/s)
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
38.87 s
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
4th
Long jump
8.26 m
2014
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
4th
Long jump
8.11 m
2016
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
11th (q)
Long jump
7.91 m (w)1
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
9th (q)
Long jump
7.72 m
World Championships
London ,
United Kingdom
—
Long jump
NM
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
8th
Long jump
7.91 m
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
4th
Long jump
7.98 m
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
7th
Long jump
8.01 m
2021
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
4th
Long jump
8.18 m
2022
Ibero-American Championships
La Nucía ,
Spain
1st
Long jump
8.05 m
World Championships
Eugene ,
United States
8th
Long jump
7.93 m
European Championships
Munich, Germany
4th
Long jump
7.98 m
2024
European Championships
Rome, Italy
11th
Long jump
7.54 m
1 No mark in the final
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