Andy Díaz

Andy Díaz
Díaz in 2025
Personal information
Full nameAndy Díaz Hernández
Born (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995
Havana, Cuba
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Coached byFabrizio Donato[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best18.15 m (2026)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTriple jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 NanjingTriple jump
Gold medal – first place2026 ToruńTriple jump
Diamond League
First place2023Triple jump
First place2025Triple jump
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 BirminghamTriple jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 ApeldoornTriple jump
Representing  Cuba
Diamond League
First place2022Triple jump
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaTriple jump
Diaz at Torun 2026.

Andy Díaz Hernández[a] (born 25 December 1995) is a Cuban-born Italian athlete specialising in the triple jump.[2] He represented Cuba at the 2017 World Championships, finishing seventh in the final. He traveled to the 2020 Summer Olympics but did not compete due to injury. He later defected to Italy.[3]

Career

His personal bests in the event are 18.15 metres outdoors (Birmingham 2026) and 17.80 metres indoors (Nanjing 2025). He also has a best of 7.40 metres (+0.4 m/s) in the long jump from 2017.[4]

Díaz became Italian citizen on 23 February 2023.[5]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 4th Triple jump 16.43 m (w)
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 5th Triple jump 16.03 m (w)
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th Triple jump 17.13 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th Triple jump 15.37 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Triple jump 16.83 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (q) Triple jump 16.41 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan DNS Triple jump DNS
Representing  Italy
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Triple jump 17.64 m
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 1st Triple jump 17.71 m
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 1st Triple jump 17.80 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 6th Triple jump 17.19 m
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 1st Triple jump 17.47 m
European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Triple jump 18.15 m

Circuit wins and titles

National titles

Diaz won four national championships at individual senior level.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Diamond League: Vallortigara quinta in finale" [Diamond League: Vallortigara fifth in final]. fidal.it (in Italian). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Andy DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ". World Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Andy Díaz Hernández: From Cuba to Italy, Achieving Triple Jump Success". ilmessaggero.it. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Andy DÍAZ". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Andy Diaz azzurro, cittadinanza italiana al campione del salto triplo - Altri Sport" [Andy Diaz blue, Italian citizenship for the triple jump champion - Other Sports]. Ansa.it (in Italian). 23 February 2023.
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