Pablo Torrijos Navarro (born 12 May 1992) is a Spanish track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. He is the Spanish record holder with his best of . He was the silver medallist at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Career Born in Castellón de la Plana, he became involved with athletics as a youth and joined a local club, Playas de Castellon.PABLO TORRIJOS NAVARRO . RFEA. Retrieved on 7 March 2015. He was the Spanish indoor youth champion in the triple jump in 2008 and went on to make his debut at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the qualifiers of both his speciality and the long jump as well.Biografias de Atletas: Pablo Torrijos . RFEA. Retrieved on 7 March 2015. He also competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival that year, placing seventh in his qualifying group in the long jump.European Youth Olympics. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.
He placed eighth at the 2010 Gymnasiade, then came sixth at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships after winning his first Spanish junior title. He established himself nationally in 2013 by winning the triple jump title at the Spanish Athletics Championships. He was the Spanish under-23 champion indoors and out that year and also placed eighth at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.
Torrijos began to reach an international standard in 2014. He was sixth at the 2014 European Team Championships Super League and was a finalist at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, coming eighth. He was the Spanish champion indoors and outdoors, and a new personal best of was a record for a Spanish under-23 athlete. He cleared seventeen metres for the first time in February 2015 and this mark of , set at the Spanish Indoor Championships, proved to be the best ever by a Spaniard in any conditions.Adel Mechaal, doblete en 1.500m y 3.000m y Jorge Ureña, otros grandes protagonistas. Histórico récord de España en triple: 17.03 metros de Pablo Torrijos . RFEA. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.
Personal bests Triple jump outdoor – (2020) Triple jump indoor – (2020) Long jump outdoor – (2012) Long jump indoor – (2011) Information from World Athletics athlete profile.
International competitions Representing 2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy33rd (q)Long jump6.79 m (+1.0 m/s)14th (q)Triple jump14.73 m (+0.9 m/s)European Youth Olympic FestivalTampere, Finland16th (q)Long jump6.77 m2010GymnasiadeDoha, Qatar8thTriple jump2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia6thTriple jump15.71 m2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland8thTriple jump16.06 m (-0.4 m/s)2014Mediterranean U23 ChampionshipAubagne, France1stTriple jump16,32 mEuropean ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland8thTriple jump16.56 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic2ndTriple jump17.04 m World ChampionshipsBeijing, China20th (q)Triple jump16.32 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States7thTriple jump16.67 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands8thTriple jump16.34 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil31st (q)Triple jump16.11 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia9thTriple jump16.73 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10thTriple jump16.60 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5thTriple jump16.74 mIbero-American ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru2ndTriple jump16.74 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom15th (q)Triple jump16.18 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan25th (q)Triple jump15.87 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States23rd (q)Triple jump16.32 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11th (q)Triple jump16.12 m (w)12023European GamesChorzów, Poland14thTriple jump15.57 m 1No mark in the final
National titles Spanish Athletics Championships Triple jump: 2013, 2014 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships Triple jump: 2014, 2015
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