Luis Zayas (athlete)
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| Full name | Luis Enrique Zayas Fernández | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 7, 1997 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luis Enrique Zayas Fernández (born 7 June 1997 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban high jumper.[1]
In July 2016, he realized his personal best of 2.27 m, a World Junior Lead performance, to win the title at 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz.[2] He won the Panamerican Games title with a new personal best of 2.30 m in 2019.[3] He competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
His mother Tania Fernández is a former hurdler.[5]
References
- ^ "Luis Enrique ZAYAS | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Cuba's Luis Zayas soars to WL to win High Jump @ World U20 Championships". 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo dans la mire de Luis Enrique Zayas".
- ^ "Athletics ZAYAS Luis Enrique". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "El impensado título de Luis ZAYAS". Retrieved 6 May 2024.