Jorge Maradiaga

Jorge Alberto Flores Maradiaga (born 2 February 1972), also known as Jorge Flores, is a Honduran decathlete and pole vaulter.^[1] He won gold medals at the Central American Championships and Central American Games, and competed in the men's decathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was called in Spanish one of the renowned athletes of Honduras.^[3]

At the 1991 Central American Championships in Athletics, Flores won the decathlon with 5663 points. He also won a silver medal in the individual pole vault.^[1][4]

Flores was selected to represent Honduras at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the decathlon as their sole competitor. On the first day of competition, he completed the 100 m in 11.75, long jump in 6.18 m, shot put in 9.54 m, high jump in 1.70 m, and 400 m in 54.81 seconds. On the final day, he finished the 110 m hurdles in 16.20 s, discus throw with 30.26 m, pole vault with 4.00 m, javelin throw in 42.46 m, and 1500 m in 5:04.10 minutes. His final score of 5746 points placed him 28th.^[5]

Flores set his decathlon then-personal best of 5856 points in 1994.^[6] He also performed a 5873-point decathlon at the 1994 Central American Games to win the gold medal, alongside another silver medal in the pole vault.^[7][8]

Flores competed in the pole vault at the 1997 Central American Games held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He won the bronze medal, jumping 4.00 metres.^[7]

Flores' brother is Francisco Flores, who competed at the 1993 World Athletics Championships and also won international medals in other competitions representing Honduras.^[9][10][11]

After his professional career, Flores became a masters athlete. He competed at the 2016 Honduran Masters Athletics Championships and qualified for that year's Central American Masters Athletics Championships in San Salvador, where he competed in the 110 m hurdles and 400 m hurdles along with his brother.^[3]