Lázaro Betancourt (born 18 March 1963) is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba. Best known for his silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he also won the Central American and Caribbean Games twice. In June 1986 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.78 metres, which puts him 14th place in the all-time performers list. In the same year Betancourt was suspended after he failed a drug test.Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991, Dubin, Charles S. (1990). Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance. Ottawa: Government of Canada Publications. .
Betancourt won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event at the 1984 AAA Championships.
Achievements Representing 1982Central American and Caribbean GamesHavana, Cuba 2ndTriple jump16.64 m1983Pan American GamesCaracas, Venezuela 2ndTriple jump16.75 mIbero-American ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1stTriple jump16.04 m (+0.6 m/s)1984Friendship GamesMoscow, Soviet Union4thTriple jump17.18 m1985World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France 2ndTriple jump17.15 m1986Central American and Caribbean GamesSantiago, Dominican Republic 2ndTriple jump16.83 m1988Ibero-American ChampionshipsMexico City, Mexico4thTriple jump16.53 m A1990Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico 2ndTriple jump16.66 m A
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