Antonio Corgos
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Corgos and the second or maternal family name is Cervantes.
Antonio Corgos Cervantes (born 10 March 1960 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired long jumper from Spain. He won two silver medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as one at the 1982 European Athletics Championships. He was also a silver medallist at the 1983 Mediterranean Games and the 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Corgos was an Olympic finalist on three occasions, his best result being fifth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
He set personal bests of 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) in the long jump and 16.33 m (53 ft 6 3⁄4 in) in the triple jump (indoors).[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Spain | |||||
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7th | Long jump | 8.09 m (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
1981 | European Indoor Championships | Grenoble, France | 2nd | Long jump | 7.97 m |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Long jump | 8.19 m (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
1983 | Ibero-American Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | Long jump | 7.90 m (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | Long jump | 8.06 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |
Mediterranean Games | Dar-el-Beida, Morocco | 2nd | Long jump | 7.75 m | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 10th | Long jump | 7.69 m (wind: -1.1 m/s) |
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 10th | Long jump | 7.64 m |
Ibero-American Championships | Mexico City, Mexico | 3rd | Long jump | 8.08 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) A | |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | Long jump | 8.03 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) | |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 2nd | Long jump | 8.12 m |
World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | Long jump | 7.06 m | |
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 11th | Long jump | 7.70 m |
1992 | Ibero-American Championships | Seville, Spain | 6th | Long jump | 7.69 m w (wind: +2.8 m/s) |
References
- ↑ El Atletismo Olímpico Español. Edit by RFEA Madrid 1992
- Antonio Corgos profile at IAAF
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