Cristian Atanay Nápoles (born 27 November 1998, in

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n athlete specialising in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down t ...

. He won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in the triple jump event. Nápoles also represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing fourth and only missing the bronze by four centimetres. Additionally, he won the silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships and the gold at the 2015 World Youth Championships. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. His personal best in the event is 17.38 metres (+0.8 m/s) set in Doha in 2019.

International competitions

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1998 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Athletes from Havana Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Ibero-American Championships in Athletics winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cuba 21st-century Cuban people World Athletics Championships medalists {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub