Pedro Pichardo

Pedro Pablo Pichardo

Pedro Pablo Pichardo at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 23) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Triple jump: 18.08 m (2015)
Medal record World Championships 2013 Moscow Triple jump 2015 Beijing Triple jump World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Triple jump Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Triple jump World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Triple jump CAC Junior Championships 2012 San Salvador Triple jump

Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈtʃaɾðo]; born 30 June 1993) is a Cuban triple jumper. He is the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2013 World Championship silver medalist. His 17.79 m (58 ft 4 ¹⁄₄ in) in early 2014 was the best triple jump of the year. In 2015, his 17.94 m (58 ft 10 ¹⁄₄ in) made him the #6 performer ever. A week later he improved to 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in) making him the #3 performer ever and the best performance the world has seen since 1996 (when Pichardo was only 3 years old).

Pichardo jumped 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in) (0.9 m/s) on May 15, 2015 at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar. The performance makes him the number 3 performer ever. With Christian Taylor also jumping 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) minutes later in Doha, this was the first competition in history to have two men jump over 18 metres, already called "the greatest triple jump competition ever." His 18.06 m also improved his own Cuban national record of 17.94 m (58 ft 10 ¹⁄₄ in) set just one week earlier in Havana. That mark erased Yoelbi Quesada's nearly 18-year-old record. It had already put Pichardo on the all-time top ten performers in position #6.

On May 28, 2015, Pichardo jumped 18.08 m (59 ft 3 ³⁄₄ in) (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.

He won Athletissima 2013 with the measure of 17.58 m.