Lázaro Balcindes

Lázaro Balcindes (born 8 February 1963) is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.

Lázaro Balcindes
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Cuba
IAAF World Indoor Games
1985 ParisTriple jump

A perennial minor medallist, his first podium finishes were in 1982, when he was runner-up to Lester Benjamin at the CAC Junior Championships then two centimetres short of victory behind Oscar Harris at the Pan American Junior Championships.[1][2]

This theme continued into his senior career, with silver medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in both 1983 and 1985 (behind fellow Cuban Jorge Reyna then Bahamian Steve Hanna).[3] A Cuban trio of Reyna, Balcindes and Lázaro Betancourt travelled to England to compete at the 1984 AAA Championships and secured all three top spots, with Balcindes being second to Betancourt.[4]

He competed twice at the global level: he was a bronze medallist for Cuba at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games and later sixth place at the 1985 IAAF World Cup, representing the Americas team.[5][6]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
1982 CAC Junior Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 2nd 15.67 m
Pan American Junior Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2nd 15.98 m
1983 CAC Championships Havana, Cuba 2nd 16.58 m
1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France 3rd 16.83 m
CAC Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 16.80 m
World Cup Canberra, Australia 6th 16.74 m w
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References
  1. CAC Junior Championships Archived 2010-12-24 at WebCite. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  2. Pan American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  3. CAC Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  4. AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  5. IV World Cup, Canberra 1985 Men, Field. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  6. IAAF World Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
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