Roberto Cabrejas
Personal information
Born (1952-12-28) 28 December 1952
Rabanera del Pinar, Spain[1]
Died4 July 2001(2001-07-04) (aged 48)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
ClubTolosa CF

Roberto Cabrejas Cuadrado (28 December 1952 – 4 July 2001) was a Spanish Basque athlete who specialised in the high jump.[2] He won a silver medal at the 1983 Ibero-American Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1983 World Championships.

His personal bests in the event were 2.26 metres outdoors (Madrid 1983) and 2.22 metres indoors (Milan 1982).[3] After retirement, he worked as a coach and was appointed head of the technical committee of high jump by the Catalan Federation of Athletism. Cabrejas died on 4 July 2001 when the motorbike he was riding on was hit by a car in Barcelona.[4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representintg  Spain
1977 European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 18th 2.10 m
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 16th 2.10 m
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 7th 2.22 m
European Championships Athens, Greece 13th (h) 2.18 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary NM
Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 7th 2.13 m
Ibero-American Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd 2.16 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 23rd (q) 2.15 m

References

  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. Roberto Cabrejas at World Athletics
  3. All-Athletics profile
  4. AS, Diario (2001-07-05). "Fallece el saltador de altura Roberto Cabrejas en accidente de moto". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-22.


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