Iván Pedroso

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pedroso and the second or maternal family name is Soler.
Iván Pedroso
Pedroso
Personal information
Full nameIván Lázaro Pedroso Soler[1]
Born (1972-12-17) 17 December 1972 (age 53)[1]
Havana, Cuba[1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Cuba
SportAthletics
Event
Long jump
Retired2007
Achievements and titles
Personal best
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Long jump
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Gothenburg Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1997 Athens Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sevilla Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2001 Edmonton Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Toronto Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1995 Barcelona Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1997 Paris Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1999 Maebashi Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lisbon Long jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Long jump
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Long jump
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena Long jump
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1997 Catania Long jump

Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈβam peˈðɾoso]; born 17 December 1972) is a retired Cuban athlete, who specialized in the long jump,[2] and is the current coach of Yulimar Rojas[3] and Jordan Díaz.

Career

Pedroso was born in Havana, Cuba. In July 1990, aged just 17, Pedroso jumped more than 8 metres for the first time. Facing tough competition from Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and others, he still won numerous gold medals in international competitions in the early nineties. He almost never finished in less than first place. When Powell and Lewis retired, Pedroso became the dominant athlete, winning numerous indoor and outdoor World Championships. In fact he won all major championships from 1997 to 2001, including an Olympic gold medal in Sydney.

On 29 July 1995, Iván Pedroso jumped 8.96 metres at high altitude in Sestriere. The wind reading was +1.2 metres per second, therefore the jump would have been eligible for records and top lists, beating Mike Powell's existing world record by one centimetre. However, the Italian Athletics Federation did not forward the result to the IAAF for ratification, since the wind reading was declared invalid, because a person stood in front of the anemometer, probably intercepting the correct wind measurement.[4]

Despite his great success in the World Championships, due to injuries, he did not make a great impact on the Olympic Games like former rival Carl Lewis. He did finish fourth at the age of 19 in Barcelona 1992, but in Atlanta 1996 he had injury troubles and could only finish 12th in the final. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Pedroso spectacularly won the gold medal with his final attempt. In a tough contest in Athens 2004, he finished 7th. Pedroso has not entered in any major championships since, although he still had several jumps over 8 metres.

On 26 September 2007, Pedroso announced his retirement.

His official personal best is 8.71 metres, which he jumped in Salamanca in 1995.[5] The mark still stands as the Cuban record.

He is the former coach of 2008 triple jump Olympic champion Nelson Évora[6] and 2013 world champion Teddy Tamgho. As of 2026, he is the coach of 2020 Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas and 2024 Olympic champion Jordan Díaz. Pedroso is a cousin of the hurdler Aliuska López.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Cuba
1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Havana, Cuba 2nd 7.74 m (+0.3 m/s)
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 4th 7.81 m (-0.2 m/s)
1991 Pan American Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st 8.08 m
Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 3rd 7.96 m
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 1st 8.53 m CR (+1.6 m/s)
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 4th 8.11 m (-0.8 m/s)
World Cup Havana, Cuba 1st 7.97 m[7]
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 1st 8.23 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany NM —
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 8.51 m CR
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 8.70 m (+1.6 m/s)
Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st 8.50 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 1st 8.49 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 12th 7.75 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st 8.51 m CR
Central American and Caribbean Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st 8.54 m w
World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 8.42 m (+0.1 m/s)
Universiade Catania, Italy 1st 8.40 m GR
IAAF Grand Prix Final Fukuoka, Japan 1st 8.53 m
1998 Goodwill Games Uniondale, United States 1st 8.54 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 1st 8.45 m CR
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 1st 8.37 m[7]
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st 8.62 m CR
World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 8.56 m (+1.1 m/s)
Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st 8.52 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final Munich, Germany 1st 8.43 m
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 1st 8.55 m (+0.4 m/s)
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st 8.43 m
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st 8.55 m (+1.2 m/s)
Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 1st 8.16 m
2002 World Cup Madrid, Spain 2nd 8.19 m (+0.6 m/s)[7]
2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st 8.23 m
World Championships Paris, France NM (q) —
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th 8.09 m
Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 3rd 7.78 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 7th 8.23 m (+0.7 m/s)
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd 7.92 m
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 7.86 m

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Iván Pedroso". Olympedia. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. ^ Nápoles Cardoso, Eddy Luis (23 February 2010), Latinoamerica También Tiene Medallas A La Sombra (in Spanish), Atletismo Peruano, retrieved 25 March 2012
  3. ^ "Olympic silver medalist Yulimar Rojas signs with FC Barcelona athletics team". FC Barcelona. 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ TRACK AND FIELD; Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt, New York Times, 4 August 1995
  5. ^ IAAF Athlete Biography - IAAF website, 20 August 2008
  6. ^ "Atletismo: Nélson Évora treinado por Ivan Pedroso". www.maisfutebol.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 18 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Representing the Americas.
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