What is Iván Pedroso best known for?

Iván Pedroso is best known for his dominance in the long jump, winning four consecutive World Championship titles and an Olympic gold medal in 2000.

When and where was Iván Pedroso born?

Iván Pedroso was born on December 17, 1972, in Cuba.

What are Iván Pedroso's notable achievements in athletics?

His notable achievements include winning the Olympic gold medal in 2000, four World Championship titles (1995–2001), and multiple indoor long jump gold medals.

Did Iván Pedroso transition into coaching?

Yes, after his competitive career, Iván Pedroso became a coach, working with young athletes in Cuba and internationally.

Iván Pedroso

Cuban long jumper

Person human Q316062

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[7]
Date of birth: December 17, 1972
Place of birth: Havana
Country of citizenship: Cuba^[5]
Occupation: athletics competitor, coach
Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish^[16]
Birth name: Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler^[18]
Country for sport: Cuba^[19]
Family name: Pedroso^[9]
Given name: Iván, Lázaro^[10]^[11]
Height: +176^[22]
Mass: +66^[23]
Name in native language: Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler^[20]
Native language: Spanish^[6]
Nickname: El saltamontes / Ivan el Terrible^[17]
Participant in: 2004 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Second family name in Spanish name: Soler^[21]
Sport: athletics^[8]
Sports discipline competed in: long jump^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 23

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Iván Pedroso 2.jpg ↗
All-Athletics.com ID (archived): 15834
Athletics Podium person ID: 5991
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: pedroso-ivan
DatabaseOlympics.com athlete ID (archived): PEDROIVA01
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: ivan-pedroso
Freebase ID: /m/07gjqg
GTAA ID: 140770
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Iván_Pedroso
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2708949
Instagram username: ivanpedroso896
InterSportStats athlete ID: 3000009019

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Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 04788/eu_p_1056/p1056
Munzinger Sport number: 01000004706
NE.se ID: ivan-pedroso
Olympedia people ID: 66821
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived): ivan-pedroso
Olympics.com athlete ID: ivan-pedroso
Prabook ID: 527985
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): pe/ivan-pedroso-1
Tilastopaja male athlete ID: 18403
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID: 5160
World Athletics athlete ID: 4205, 14169391

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Participant in 4

2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics

Occupation 2

coach, athletics competitor

← Trained by 2

Yulimar Rojas, Ana Peleteiro

Country for sport 1

Cuba

Country of citizenship 1

Cuba

Given name 1

Iván

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Spanish

Native language 1

Spanish

Participated in 1

athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's long jump

Place of birth 1

Havana

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

athletics

Sports discipline competed in 1

long jump

← Flag bearer 1

Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics

← Winner 1

athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's long jump

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Summary

Iván Pedroso was born on December 17, 1972^[1], in Havana^[2]. He has worked as an athletics competitor^[3] and coach^[4].

FAQs

Where was Iván Pedroso born?

Iván Pedroso was born in Havana^[2].

What did Iván Pedroso do for work?

Iván Pedroso worked as an athletics competitor^[3] and coach^[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Iván Pedroso — place of birth (P19): Havana. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Iván Pedroso — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Iván Pedroso — country of citizenship (P27): Cuba. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Iván Pedroso — native language (P103): Spanish. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Iván Pedroso — occupation (P106): athletics competitor. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Iván Pedroso — occupation (P106): coach. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Iván Pedroso — date of birth (P569): December 17, 1972. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Iván Pedroso — sport (P641): athletics. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Iván Pedroso — family name (P734): Pedroso. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Iván Pedroso — given name (P735): Iván. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Iván Pedroso — given name (P735): Lázaro. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Iván Pedroso — participant in (P1344): 2004 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Iván Pedroso — participant in (P1344): 2000 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Iván Pedroso — participant in (P1344): 1996 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Iván Pedroso — participant in (P1344): 1992 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Iván Pedroso — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Spanish. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Iván Pedroso — nickname (P1449): El saltamontes / Ivan el Terrible. Olympedia. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Iván Pedroso — birth name (P1477): Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Iván Pedroso — country for sport (P1532): Cuba. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Iván Pedroso — name in native language (P1559): Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Iván Pedroso — second family name in Spanish name (P1950): Soler. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Iván Pedroso — height (P2048): 176 cm. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Iván Pedroso — mass (P2067): 66 kg. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Iván Pedroso — sports discipline competed in (P2416): long jump. wikidata.org.

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