Pedro Pichardo

Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta (, ; born 30 June 1993) is a Cuban-born Portuguese triple jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a Portuguese national record of and the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was world champion in 2022, and could not defend his title in 2023 due to injury.

Pichardo was the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2013 World Championship silver medalist. His in early 2014 was the best triple jump of the year. In 2015, his made him the #6 performer ever. A week later he improved to , making him the No. 3 performer ever and the best performance the world has seen since 1996 (when Pichardo was only three years old).

Career On 15 May 2015, Pichardo jumped (0.9 m/s) at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. His performance made him the number 3 performer ever at the time. With Christian Taylor also jumping minutes later, this was the first competition in history to have two men jump over 18 m, being called "the greatest triple jump competition ever." Pichardo's 18.06 m also improved his own Cuban national record of set one week earlier in Havana. That mark erased Yoelbi Quesada's nearly 18-year-old record, and put Pichardo in position #6 of the all-time top ten performers. Back in 2013, Pichardo had won Athletissima with a mark of 17.58 m.

On 28 May 2015, Pichardo jumped (0.0 m/s) at the Copa Cuba-Memorial Barrientos meet in Havana, improving his own Cuban national record set two weeks earlier by 2 cm.

In April 2017, Pichardo disappeared from the Cuban national team's meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, appearing in Portugal days later.Pedro Pablo Pichardo: mais uma estrela a desertar de Cuba Diário de Notícias After signing a contract with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica on 27 April,"Feliz no Benfica" S.L. Benfica he gained Portuguese citizenship on 7 December and was eligible to compete for Portugal on international stage since August 2019. Therefore, the first major competition in which Pichardo represented the Portuguese colours was the 2019 World Championships, finishing fourth in the final.

On 4 May 2018, Pichardo established a new triple jump national record for Portugal with a winning jump of 17.95 m during the Doha leg of 2018 Diamond League series. He also won gold medals at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League, with a personal season best of 17.53 m,Pedro Pichardo ganha Liga Diamante em Londres e consegue melhor marca pessoal do ano Observador, 20 July 2019 and at the 2020 IAAF Diamond League, with a mark of 17.40 m.

Representing Portugal, Pichardo won the gold medal at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships on 7 March 2021. On 6 July, Pichardo jumped 17.92 m (+0.4) at the Gyulai István Memorial, beating Hugues Fabrice Zango.

On 5 August 2021, Pichardo competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan representing Portugal. He won the gold medal in the triple jump event and the country's fifth ever gold medal.

Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure NotesRepresenting 2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona1stTriple jump16.79 mWJL2013World ChampionshipsMoscow2ndTriple jump17.68 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot2ndTriple jump17.24 m2015Pan American GamesToronto1stTriple jump17.54 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing2ndTriple jump17.73 mRepresenting 2019World ChampionshipsDoha4thTriple jump17.62 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń1stTriple jump17.30 mOlympic GamesTokyo1stTriple jump17.98 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade2ndTriple jump17.46 m World ChampionshipsEugene1stTriple jump17.95 m European ChampionshipsMunich1stTriple jump17.50 m 2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul1stTriple jump17.60 m 2024European ChampionshipsRome2ndTriple jump18.04 mOlympic GamesParis2ndTriple jump17.84 m2025World ChampionshipsTokyo1stTriple jump17.91 m2026European ChampionshipsBirmingham2ndTriple jump17.76 m

Personal bests Event Measure Venue Date NotesTriple jumpOutdoor18.08 mHavana28 May 2015 for CubaIndoor17.60 mIstanbul3 March 2023 for Portugal All information taken from World Athletics profile.

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