Luis Bueno
Personal information
BornMay 22, 1969
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Cuba
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1988 SudburyLong Jump
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place1986 Mexico City Long jump
CAC Championships
Silver medal – second place1989 San Juan Long jump

Luis Alberto Bueno (born May 22, 1969) is a (presumed) retired Cuban Track and Field athlete, known primarily for being a Junior long jumper.

Career

He currently holds the World Best in the Youth Division,[1] at 8.25 m set as a 17-year-old while winning the 1986 Ibero-American Championships September 28, 1986 in Havana. It made him the number 8 jumper in the world that year.[2]

Two years later he improved his personal record to 8.28 m at age 19, which stands as the third best performer in the Junior Division, only behind 8.34 m by Randy Williams while winning the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 2012 improvement to 8.35 by Sergey Morgunov of Russia. His age 17 jump would also attain the same status, making it that much more exceptional. As a point of comparison, his 8.28 m was marginally better than Larry Myricks jumped to get the bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics two months later, but Cuba boycotted the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea that year. That year he also won the CAC Junior championships,[3] and the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.[4]

As an open division athlete, he ranked #8 in world in 1990 [5] but since then no elite results have been found. IAAF still lists his Junior best as his personal record.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
1986 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Mexico City, México 1st Long jump 7.69 m A
Ibero-American Championships La Habana, Cuba 1st Long jump 8.25 m (+1.9 m/s)
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 1st Long jump 7.99 m (-1.1 m/s)
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.95
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 14th (q) Long jump 7.60 m

References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/Statistics/TopLists/inout=o/age=y/season=0/sex=m/toplist_o_y_0_m.txt IAAF Youth Bests
  2. "Lista Anno".
  3. "Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (Under 20 Men)". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2017-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2013-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Luis Bueno at World Athletics

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