Alexis Copello
Copello at the 2011 World Championships Athletics in Daegu.
Personal information
Full nameAlexis Copello Sánchez [1]
NationalityCuban Azerbaijan - 24.04.2017 - ...
Born (1985-08-12) August 12, 1985
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba
Height1.85 m (6.1 ft) (2007)
Weight80 kg (176 lb) (2007)
Sport
Country Cuba
 Azerbaijan
SportTriple jumper
Achievements and titles
Personal best17.68 metres (58.0 ft)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 BerlinTriple jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTriple jump
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place2010 SplitTriple jump
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 BerlinTriple jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 ToruńTriple jump
Updated on 21 June 2013.

Alexis Copello (born August 12, 1985) is a Cuban-Azerbaijani triple jumper who since 2017 competes internationally for Azerbaijan. He has a (legal) personal best jump of 17.68 metres (58.0 ft). He is a World Championship medalist, having won the bronze at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He is 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs 80 kilograms (176 lbs).

His international career began with success at regional level: he won a silver medal in the triple jump at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and a bronze medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships. Copello represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Despite being a front runner, he only reached eighth place in Group A (thirteenth place overall) with a jump of 17.09 metres (56.1 ft).[3]

He won the gold at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships and set a championship record of 17.33 m.[4] Copello won a bronze medal in the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin with a jump of 17.36 metres (57.0 ft) on 18 August 2009, displacing Leevan Sands and only bested by Phillips Idowu and Nelson Évora.[5]

On 30 March 2017, he officially switched his allegiance to Azerbaijan.[6]

Personal bests

Copello's best indoor jump is 17.24 metres (56.6 ft) in Lievin on 5 March 2010, and his best legal outdoor jump is 17.68 metres (58.0 ft) in Avila on 17 July 2011.[7] For comparison, the world record is 18.29 metres (60.0 ft).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
2005 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 2nd Triple jump 16.57 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 4th Triple Jump 17.09 m w (wind: +2.6 m/s)
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd Triple Jump 16.85 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd Triple Jump 16.91 m (wind: -2.1 m/s)
Olympic Games Beijing, China 13th (q) Triple Jump 17.09 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2009 ALBA Games Havana, Cuba 1st Triple jump 17.69 m (wind: +3.9 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 1st Triple Jump 17.33 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd Triple Jump 17.36 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1st Triple Jump 17.28 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 4th Triple Jump 17.47 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st Triple Jump 17.21 m (wind: -1.3 m/s)
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 7th Triple Jump 16.92 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 8th Triple Jump 16.92 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Representing  Azerbaijan
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 2nd Triple jump 16.90 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 5th Triple jump 17.16 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th Triple jump 17.17 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd Triple jump 16.93 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 7th Triple jump 17.10 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 2nd Triple jump 17.04 m
2022 Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 2nd Triple jump 16.40 m
European Championships Munich, Germany – Triple jump NM
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary – Triple jump NM

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alexis Copello". sports-reference.com. 2009. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  2. ↑ "149 Cubans qualify for Olympics", Xinhua, June 5, 2008
  3. ↑ "Alexis Copello Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  4. ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-07-06). Culson prevails over Sanchez as six more records fall – CAC Champs Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Cuban Triple Jumper Wins Bronze in Berlin". Cuban News Agency CUBA (ACN). 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  6. ↑ Transfers of allegiance – 2017 – as officially announced in the IAAF Newsletter
  7. ↑ "iaaf.org – Athletes – Copello Alexis Biography". IAAF. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
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