Daniel Pineda (athlete)

Daniel Pineda Contreras (born 19 September 1985) is a Chilean track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He holds the Chilean national record in the event with his personal best jump of eight metres. In 2011 he was third at the South American Championships in Athletics, then won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games after the original winner was disqualified.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pineda and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.

Daniel Pineda

Personal information
Nationality	Chile
Born	(1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 Talcahuano, Bío Bío Region, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Chile Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Long jump South American Championships 2011 Buenos Aires Long jump South American Youth Championships 2002 Asunción Long jump 2002 Asunción 4x100 m relay 2002 Asunción 1000 m Medley relay
Updated on 14 May 2013.

Biography

Born in Talcahuano, Concepción,[1][2] Pineda won his first international long jumping title at the 2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics. In addition to his long jump gold medal, he also won silver medals in the 4×100 metres relay and sprint medley relay, as well as placing fifth individually over 100 metres.[3]

After a break from athletics, he moved to the Chilean capital to train with Club Atlético Santiago in 2006 and appeared at the top level of senior competition in 2007.[1] He jumped a personal best of 7.59 m in La Paz in June and a week later he placed eighth in the long jump at the 2007 South American Championships, where he was also a relay runner for Chile in both the 100 m and 400 m events. He ended the year by winning the Chilean long jump title in Santiago de Chile. He retained it the following season, in which he also ran a 100 m best of 10.63 seconds and finished tenth at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He only competed in Santiago in 2010, but still managed to win at the Chilean Championships.[4]

Pineda made much progression in the 2010 season: he had a jump of 7.76 m in Medellín in April then broke the Chilean record at the national championships the following month, winning his fourth straight title with a clearance of 7.97 m.[1] At the end of May, he edged this a centimetre further in La Paz. He did not reach this form at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics as he took tenth place for a second time running with a best jump of 7.33 m. Pineda was a guest at the Colombian championships in 2011 and improved his national mark to eight metres for the first time. Nine years after his victory at youth level, he won his first senior medal at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, taking the bronze medal. He made his debut at a world level event at the 2011 Summer Universiade and came twelfth in the long jump.[4]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara he delivered one of the best performances of his career: he jumped 7.97 m in the final to finish runner-up behind Venezuela's Víctor Castillo.[5] However, Pineda was upgraded from the silver medal to the gold as Castillo tested positive for banned substances.[6] He currently works as a sports teacher and athletics trainer at Colegio San Benito, in Santiago.

Doping ban

Pineda was given a two-year ban for "tampering". The ban ran from 5 March 2013 to 4 March 2015.[7][8]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Chile
2002	South American Youth Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	5th	100 m	11.37 s (-1.5 m/s)
			1st	Long jump	7.28 m w
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	41.4 s
			2nd	Medley relay	1:57.04 min
2006	South American U23 Championships / South American Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	9th	Long jump	5.80 m (+2.6 m/s) w
2007	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	7th	4 × 100 m relay	40.82 s
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.17 min
			8th	Long jump	7.11 m
2008	Ibero-American Championships	Iquique, Chile	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
			10th	Long jump	6.97 m
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	10th	Long jump	7.33 m
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	Long jump	7.82 m
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	12th	Long jump	7.59 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	4th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.68 s[9]
			1st	Long jump	7.97 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	13th (q)	Long jump	7.56 m (w)
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	4th	Long jump	7.82 m
2015	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	5th	Long jump	7.52 m w (+2.4 m/s
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	3rd	Long jump	7.87 m (w)
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	4th	Long jump	7.81 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	Long jump	7.81 m
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	6th	Long jump	7.29 m
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	13th	Long jump	7.05 m
2020	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	5th	Long jump	7.62 m

References

1. Daniel Pineda bate récord de Chile en salto largo. La Tercera (2010-05-01). Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
2. Daniel Pineda, de Talcahuano para Guadalajara 2011, obtuvo medalla de plata en salto largo, El Concecuente, MiVoz, Chile, retrieved May 13, 2013
3. South American Youth Championships 2002 Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
4. Daniel Pineda. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
5. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-26). Suarez and Armstrong set new records, Clarke outsprints Collins - Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
6. Long jumper fails doping test. Supersport/SAPA AP (2011-11-10). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
7. "Doping sanctions - News 154 Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 26 June 2014". iaaf.org. IAAF. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
8. "Campeón chileno Daniel Pineda arriesga grave sanción por eludir control doping". El Grafico. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
9. Did not finish in the final

External links

• Daniel Pineda at World Athletics