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World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022

Javier SOTOMAYOR

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Cuba Cuba
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    13 OCT 1967     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14169305
High Jump Final - Javier Sotomayor (© Allsport)

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
High Jump 2.45 Salamanca (ESP) 27 JUL 1993 WR, AR, NR 1314

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
High Jump 2.43 Budapest Sportcsarnok, Budapest (HUN) 04 MAR 1989 WR, AR, NR 1296

Legend

* Not legal.

Outdoor

High Jump

Performance Place Date
2001 2.30 Rethymno (GRE) 01 JUL 2001
2000 2.32 Olympic Stadium, Sydney (AUS) 24 SEP 2000
1999 2.34 St-Denis (FRA) 03 JUL 1999
1998 2.37 Maracaibo (VEN) 20 AUG 1998
1997 2.37 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 06 AUG 1997
1996 2.33 Atlanta, GA (USA) 18 MAY 1996
1995 2.40 Mar del Plata (ARG) 25 MAR 1995
1994 2.42 Sevilla (ESP) 05 JUN 1994
1993 2.45 Salamanca (ESP) 27 JUL 1993
1992 2.36 Eberstadt (GER) 04 JUL 1992
1991 2.40 Paris-St-Denis (FRA) 19 JUL 1991
1990 2.36 Jerez de la Frontera (ESP) 03 SEP 1990
1989 2.44 San Juan (PUR) 29 JUL 1989
1988 2.43 Salamanca (ESP) 08 SEP 1988
1987 2.37 Athina (GRE) 20 JUN 1987
1986 2.36 Santiago de Cuba (CUB) 23 FEB 1986
1985 2.34 La Habana (CUB) 20 MAR 1985
1984 2.33 La Habana (CUB) 19 MAY 1984

Indoor

High Jump

Performance Place Date
2000/01 2.31 Pireaus, Athina (GRE) 21 FEB 2001
1998/99 2.36 Green Dome, Maebashi (JPN) 07 MAR 1999
1995/96 2.38 Liévin (FRA) 18 FEB 1996
1994/95 2.38 Liévin (FRA) 19 FEB 1995
1993/94 2.40 Wuppertal (GER) 04 FEB 1994
1992/93 2.41 The Sky Dome, Toronto (CAN) 14 MAR 1993
1991/92 2.34 Berlin (GER) 21 FEB 1992
1990/91 2.34 Osaka (JPN) 11 FEB 1991
1988/89 2.43 Budapest Sportcsarnok, Budapest (HUN) 04 MAR 1989
1987/88 2.30 Sofia (BUL) 13 FEB 1988
1986/87 2.32 Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN (USA) 07 MAR 1987
1984/85 2.30 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris (FRA) 18 JAN 1985

Honours - Olympic Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.34 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 02 AUG 1992
2. High Jump 2.32 Olympic Stadium, Sydney (AUS) 24 SEP 2000

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.37 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 06 AUG 1997
1. High Jump 2.40 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 22 AUG 1993
2. High Jump 2.37 Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg (SWE) 08 AUG 1995
2. High Jump 2.36 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 01 SEP 1991

Honours - World Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.36 Green Dome, Maebashi (JPN) 07 MAR 1999
1. High Jump 2.38 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona (ESP) 12 MAR 1995
1. High Jump 2.41 The Sky Dome, Toronto (CAN) 14 MAR 1993
1. High Jump 2.43 Budapest Sportcsarnok, Budapest (HUN) 04 MAR 1989
3. High Jump 2.31 Palacio de los Deportes, Sevilla (ESP) 10 MAR 1991
4. High Jump 2.32 Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN (USA) 07 MAR 1987
5. High Jump 2.25 Atlantic Pavillion, Lisboa (POR) 11 MAR 2001

Honours - World (Continental) Cup

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.40 Crystal Palace, London (GBR) 11 SEP 1994
2. High Jump 2.28 SGJ, Johannesburg (RSA) 13 SEP 1998
2. High Jump 2.26 Estadio Panamericano, La Habana (CUB) 27 SEP 1992
3. High Jump 2.25 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 10 SEP 1989
3. High Jump 2.28 Bruce Stadium, Canberra (AUS) 06 OCT 1985

Honours - World U20 Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.25 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 20 JUL 1986

Honours - Pan American Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.32 Indianapolis, IN (USA) 12 AUG 1987

Honours - Grand Prix Final

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.31 Moskva (RUS) 05 SEP 1998
1. High Jump 2.33 Paris (FRA) 03 SEP 1994

Honours - Golden League

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.28 Oslo (NOR) 30 JUN 1999

Honours - Ibero-American Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.30 Medellín (COL) 11 MAY 1996
1. High Jump 2.35 Ciudad de México (MEX) 23 JUL 1988

Honours - World University Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.34 Duisburg (GER) 30 AUG 1989

Honours - CAC Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.37 Maracaibo (VEN) 20 AUG 1998

Honours - National Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. High Jump 2.24 La Habana (CUB) 28 MAY 2001
1. High Jump 2.31 La Habana (CUB) 19 MAY 1999
1. High Jump 2.35 La Habana (CUB) 02 AUG 1998
Results in:

High Jump

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result Remark
03 SEP 2004 Lekeitio ESPESP F F - - DQ

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