Gustavo Adolfo Becker

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Gustavo Adolfo Becker
Personal information
Born (1966-06-17) 17 June 1966 (age 58)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
ClubFC Barcelona
Kelme
CN Poblenou
Larios A.A.M.

Gustavo Adolfo Becker Lasso (born 17 June 1966 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish athlete who specialised in the high jump. [1] He represented his country at three indoor and two outdoor World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 2.30 metres outdoors (Eberstadt 1992) and 2.28 metres indoors (Oviedo 1991).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, East Germany 16th (q)2.05 m
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 15th 2.10 m
Ibero-American Championships Havana, Cuba 3rd 2.18 m
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 14th 2.15 m
1989 Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 8th 2.20 m
World Cup Barcelona, Spain 7th 2.20 m
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 11th 2.20 m
Ibero-American Championships Manaus, Brazil 3rd 2.15 m
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 16th (q) 2.20 m
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 7th 2.20 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 16th (q) 2.24 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 12th 2.20 m
Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 2nd 2.26 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 11th 2.28 m
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 15th (q) 2.20 m
Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 2nd 2.23 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 23rd (q) 2.20 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 25th (q) 2.10 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 13th (q) 2.20 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 25th (q) 2.15 m

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