Jaime Guerra (long jumper)

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Jaime Guerra
Personal information
Born (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 8.17m (2024)

Jaime Guerra (born 30 October 1999) is a Spanish long jumper. He is a multiple-time Spanish national champion and also won the national triple jump title in 2019. He competed for Spain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [1]

Career

He is from Sant Boi de Llobregat in Catalonia. He is coached María Durán and is a member of Cornellà Atlètic. [2] [3] [4] He became Spanish national champion in the triple jump in 2019, jumping 16.65 metres in La Nucia. [5]

He set a personal best in the long jump of 8.08 metres in 2022. [4] He won the Spanish national indoor title in March 2023. [6] He became Spanish long jump champion in 2023, and again reached a distance of 8.08 metres. [7] He finished in sixth place overall at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. [8] He won the Spanish Athletics Championships long jump title in July 2023. [9] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, without reaching the final. [10]

His 2024 season was dominated by injury which required surgery. However, he did manage to retain his national title at the 2024 Spanish Athletics Championships, with a personal best 8.17 metres in La Nucia in June 2024. [11] [2]

He won the long jump at the 2025 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025, with a jump of 8.14 metres. [12] He finished fifth in the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025, with a jump of 8.06 metres. [13] Unfortunately, he also suffered a left hamstring injury during the competition that caused him to leave the arena on a stretcher. [14]

He was selected for the Spanish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Jaime Guerra". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  2. 1 2 Agusti, Xavier (30 June 2024). "Jaime Guerra surt del túnel amb un vol d'or". lesportiudcatalunya.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Williams, George (21 February 2025). "Jaime Guerra flies in Gallur to start the Spanish Athletics Championship on the covered track". Sportsfinding. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Jaime Guerra vuela hasta la élite del salto de longitud española en un parpadeo". Yosoynoticia. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  5. ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Spanish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Guerra, unexpected protagonist; Saul, Husillos and Bestué shine in Madrid". Labolsadelcorredor. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jaime Guerra ronda el podio de la longitud: sexto". lavanguardia.com. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  9. ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Jaime Guerra no té un bon dia i queda lluny de la final de llargada del mundial". lesportiudecatalunya. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Molteni, Guido (June 28, 2024). "2024 Spanish Athletics Championships: All the results and podium finishes". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Big shot! Ogunleye wins German indoor shot put title with 20.27m". European Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  13. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Spanish jumper Jaime Guerra injured at European Championships". Viasport. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "These are the 56 Spanish athletes who will compete in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Runnersworld. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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