Irving Saladino
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Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda (born January 23, 1983) is a
World Championships in Athletics
from 2005 to 2011.
Amongst his honours are a silver medal from the
IAAF World Cup and the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He holds a long jump best of 8.73 m (28 ft 7+1⁄2 in), set in 2008. He ranks in the all-time top ten for the event.[2]
He had the longest jumps in the world in the 2006 and 2008 seasons.
Biography
Saladino was born in Colón, Colón Province, Panama. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships he finished second with a new South American indoor record of 8.29 metres. In 2006 he won five (Oslo, Rome, Zurich, Brussels, Berlin) out of six Golden League events in the same season, which earned him a total of $83,333. His only defeat was in Paris where he was second. With 8.56 metres achieved in May 2006, he became the South American record holder.
The 2006 world leader in the long jump, Saladino launched his 2007 season with the farthest leap of the year, 8.53 m (−0.2 m/s wind), to win at the "
FBK Games
in Hengelo, he jumped 8.73 m (+1.2 m/s wind) on his first attempt.
He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 30 August 2007 Saladino became the World Champion in Osaka. He led with the mark of 8.30 metres from his second attempt, then improved to 8.46 m, until the penultimate jump of the contest, when he was overtaken by Andrew Howe
who set as mark 8.47 m. Saladino was able to earn the gold medal on the last attempt of the contest, in which he jumped 8.57 m.
Saladino competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, where he made history in Central America and his country, Panama, by winning the gold medal in the long jump competition on 18 August 2008, with a jump of 8.34 meters, giving Panama their first Olympic medal since the 1948 Summer Olympics, and their first gold ever.[3] This is also the first Olympic gold medal ever won in a men's event by an athlete from Central America.
On 21 August 2008 after winning Olympic gold, he arrived to
Ruben Blades
performed the song "Patria" (Motherland) in front of thousands of cheering Panamanians.
Saladino qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and he was chosen to be Panama's flag bearer.[4] He was eliminated early after underperforming due to injury.
Saladino's performances declined after the 2011, and although he managed to clear 8.16 m (26 ft 9+1⁄4 in) in the 2014 season, he announced his retirement that August.[5]
Personal bests
- Long jump: 8.73 m (wind: +1.2 m/s) – Hengelo, Netherlands, 24 May 2008
- Triple jump: 14.51 m – San José, Costa Rica, 11 October 2002
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Panama
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| 2002 | Central American Junior Championships (U20) | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
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1st | Long jump | 7.51 m |
| 1st | Triple jump | 14.48 m | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3rd | Long jump | 7.39 m (-0.2 m/s) | |
| 6th | Triple jump | 14.38 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) | |||
| World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 10th (q) | Long jump | 7.30 m (wind: -0.5 m/s) | |
| Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | Long jump | 7.18 m | |
| 2nd | Triple jump | 14.51 m | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.86 | |||
| 2003 | South American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 3rd | Long jump | 7.46 m (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
| 2004 | South American Under-23 Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st | Long jump | 7.74 m (-0.2 m/s) |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 36th (q) | Long jump | 7.42 m (0.8 m/s) | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | Long jump | 8.20 m w (wind: +2.8 m/s) |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | Long jump | 8.29 m AR |
| Ibero-American Championships | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 1st | Long jump | 8.42 m (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 1st | Long jump | 8.29 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
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| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | Long jump | 8.41 m (wind: +0.4 m/s) | |
| World Cup | Athens, Greece | 1st | Long jump | 8.26 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Long jump | 8.28 m (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 1st | Long jump | 8.57 m AR (0.0 m/s) | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games
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Beijing, China | 1st | Long jump | 8.34 m (-0.3 m/s) |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | Long jump | 8.16 |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 12th (q) | Long jump | 7.80 m |
| Central American Games | Panama City, Panama | 1st | Long jump | 8.19 m GR (0.0 m/s) | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 22nd (q) | Long jump | 7.84 m (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | — | Long jump | NM |
| 2013 | Central American Games | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | Long jump | 7.99 m (wind: -0.4 m/s) |
| South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 3rd | Long jump | 7.94 m (wind: +1.5 m/s) | |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 11th (q) | Long jump | 7.94 m |
| South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Long jump | 8.16 m (wind: -0.5 m/s) | |
References
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irving Saladino". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Top Lists All Time Men's Long Jump. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-19.
- ^ Saladino leaps into history with Panama's first Athletics gold Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Official Olympics site
- ^ "Campeón olímpico Saladino será abanderado de Panamá para Londres-2012". AFP (in Spanish). Terra. 2012-07-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (2014-08-07). Adios Irving! Saladino announces his retirement. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-19.
External links
- Irving Saladino at World Athletics
Media related to Irving Saladino at Wikimedia Commons
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