Jorge Reyna (born 10 January 1963) is a retired male

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 long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er from Cuba who won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in

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. His personal best jump was 17.48 metres, achieved in February 1987 in

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. This result places him sixth on the all-time Cuban performers list, behind

Yoelbi Quesada Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández (; born August 4, 1973, in Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump. Career He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.8 ...

, Lázaro Betancourt, Aliecer Urrutia,

Yoandri Betanzos Yoandri (or ''Yoandris'') Betanzos Francis (born February 15, 1982, in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump. Early life and career They say, he was almost born on the track: His mother, Cuban sprinter Amarailis Fr ...

and Alexander Martínez

Balcindes finished third behind fellow Cubans Lázaro Betancourt and Lázaro Balcindes in the triple jump event at the British

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* 1963 births Living people Cuban male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportsmen Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Cuban Athletics Championships winners {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub