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.2009 European Junior Top 30. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. Cáceres set the world junior best mark of 5984 points in the indoor heptathlon at the 2010 Spanish junior championships.Spain's Caceres sets world junior indoor Heptathlon best. European Athletics (8 March 2010). Retrieved on 2011-02-02. 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.Arcoleo, Laura (22 July 2010). Men's Long Jump final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.
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.Valiente, Emeterio (31 January 2011). Menjo and Fernández excel in San Sebastián XC while Cáceres eyes indoor success – Spanish weekend round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-02. 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.2010 European Championships - Men's Long Jump Final. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. It was also the second best mark by any European athlete that year, ranking him in the top eight of the discipline worldwide in 2010.2010 European Top 30. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 February 2011.Long Jump 2010. IAAF (16 December 2010). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.
He competed at the 2012 Olympics, but did not reach the final.
He reached the final of the 2013 World Championships, finishing in 4th. A year later, he also finished in 4th place at the 2014 European Championships.
At the 2020 Olympics, he finished 4th in the men's long jump, having finished 4th in the 2019 European Indoor Championships.
Competition record Representing 2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic6thOctathlon6.144 pts2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rdLong jump7.59 m (-0.2 m/s) —4 × 100 m relayDNF2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia5th (h)100 m10.666thLong jump7.64 m6th4 x 100 m relay40.032010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada2ndLong jump7.90 m (-1.2 m/s)16th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.82European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain8thLong jump7.93 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France11th (q)Long jump7.83 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic8thLong jump7.64 m (+1.1 m/s) —4 × 100 m relayDNFWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea18th (q)Long jump7.91 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey11th (q)Long jump7.71 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland5thLong jump8.06 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom14th (q)Long jump7.92 m2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1stLong jump8.37 m (+1.1 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m relay38.87 sWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia4thLong jump8.26 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland4thLong jump8.11 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands11th (q)Long jump7.91 m (w)12017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia9th (q)Long jump7.72 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom —Long jumpNM2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom8thLong jump7.91 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4thLong jump7.98 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7thLong jump8.01 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan4thLong jump8.18 m2022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain1stLong jump8.05 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States8thLong jump7.93 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany4thLong jump7.98 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy11thLong jump7.54 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland8thLong jump8.04 mEuropean ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7thLong jump7.92 m 1No mark in the final
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