Eusebio Cáceres
{{Short description|Spanish long jumper (born 1991)}}
{{family name hatnote|Cáceres|López|lang=Spanish}}
{{Update|date=January 2022}}
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| image= 2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 – Men's Long Jump by Sandro Halank–005.jpg
| caption = Cáceres in 2022
| full_name = Eusebio Cáceres López
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Onil, Spain
| height = 1.74 m
| weight = 69 kg
| country = {{ESP}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long jump
| coach =
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Eusebio Cáceres López (born 10 September 1991 in Onil) is a Spanish track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump.
Career
He began competing in a wide variety of events at the start of his junior career, including the decathlon. He won the long jump bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. His first senior gold medal in the event soon followed at the 2009 European Team Championships, where he jumped a personal best of eight metres, and he also reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships. He helped the Spanish 4×100 metres relay team to sixth in the event final in a national junior record time of 40.03 seconds.[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/toplist.php?list=fulltoptbeuroU20&All=0&Ind=0&top=30&Season=2009 2009 European Junior Top 30]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. Cáceres set the world junior best mark of 5984 points in the indoor heptathlon at the 2010 Spanish junior championships.[http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/spains-caceres-sets-world-junior-indoor-heptathlon-best.html Spain's Caceres sets world junior indoor Heptathlon best]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. European Athletics (8 March 2010). Retrieved on 2011-02-02. He chose to compete in his speciality at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and won the long jump silver medal, finishing behind Luvo Manyonga.Arcoleo, Laura (22 July 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/WJC10/news/kind=108/newsid=57603.html Men's Long Jump final]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.
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In the long jump qualifying rounds at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, he cleared a European junior record distance of 8.27 m to top the rankings.Valiente, Emeterio (31 January 2011). [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59182.html Menjo and Fernández excel in San Sebastián XC while Cáceres eyes indoor success – Spanish weekend round-up]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-02. He failed to repeat that form in the final round, finishing eighth, but his jump remained the best of that year's tournament with the sole exception of Christian Reif's championship record effort of 8.47 m.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120612055950/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re0830040.pdf 2010 European Championships - Men's Long Jump Final]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. It was also the second best mark by any European athlete that year, ranking him in the top eight of the discipline worldwide in 2010.[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/toplist.php?list=fulltoptbeuro&All=0&Ind=0&top=30&Season=2010 2010 European Top 30]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2 February 2011.[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2010/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=LJ/detail.html Long Jump 2010]. IAAF (16 December 2010). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.
He competed at the 2012 Olympics, but did not reach the final.{{Cite web |title=Eusebio CACERES |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/eusebio-caceres |access-date=2022-01-08 |website=Olympics.com}}
He reached the final of the 2013 World Championships, finishing in 4th.{{Cite web |title=Eusebio CÁCERES {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/spain/eusebio-caceres-14166878|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.worldathletics.org}} A year later, he also finished in 4th place at the 2014 European Championships.
At the 2020 Olympics, he finished 4th in the men's long jump, having finished 4th in the 2019 European Indoor Championships.
Competition record
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{ESP}} |
|---|
| 2007
|6th |Octathlon |6.144 pts |
| rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |Long jump |7.59 m (-0.2 m/s) |
| —
|4 × 100 m relay |DNF |
| rowspan=3|2009
|rowspan=3|European Junior Championships |rowspan=3|Novi Sad, Serbia |5th (h) |100 m |10.66 |
| 6th
|Long jump |7.64 m |
| 6th
|4 x 100 m relay |40.03 |
| rowspan=3|2010
|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Long jump |7.90 m (-1.2 m/s) |
| 16th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay |
| European Championships
|8th |Long jump |
| rowspan=4|2011
|European Indoor Championships |11th (q) |Long jump |
| rowspan=2|European U23 Championships
|rowspan=2|Ostrava, Czech Republic |8th |Long jump |7.64 m (+1.1 m/s) |
| —
|4 × 100 m relay |DNF |
| World Championships
|18th (q) |Long jump |
| rowspan=3|2012
|11th (q) |Long jump |
| European Championships
|5th |Long jump |
| Olympic Games
|14th (q) |Long jump |
| rowspan=3|2013
|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Long jump |8.37 m (+1.1 m/s) |
| bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay |
| World Championships
|4th |Long jump |
| 2014
|4th |Long jump |
| 2016
|11th (q) |Long jump |7.91 m (w)1 |
| rowspan=2|2017
|European Indoor Championships |9th (q) |Long jump |
| World Championships
| — |Long jump |NM |
| 2018
|8th |Long jump |
| rowspan=2|2019
|European Indoor Championships |4th |Long jump |
| World Championships
|7th |Long jump |
| 2021
|4th |Long jump |
| rowspan=3|2022
|bgcolor="gold"|1st |Long jump |
| World Championships
|8th |Long jump |
| European Championships
|4th |Long jump |
| 2024
|11th |Long jump |
1No mark in the final
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Diamond League}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|eusebio-caceres}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{COE|id1=6820*&DEPORTISTA=4961*|id2=02220544B987531CC12572D500563791|name=Eusebio Cáceres López}}
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Category:Spanish male long jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Spain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Spanish Athletics Championships winners