Santiago Ford

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Santiago Ford

| birth_name =

| image = 20231108 Santiago Ford.jpg

| caption = Ford in 2023

| nationality = Chilean

| sport = Athletics

| event = {{ubl|Heptathlon| Decathlon}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cuba

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.84m

| weight = 85kg

| pb = Decathlon: 7892 pts (Cuiabá, 2024)

| medaltemplates =

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Santiago Aldofo Ford (born 25 August 1997) is a Chilean decathlete. He was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/santiago-ford-14575977|title=Santiago Ford|accessdate=19 December 2023|website=World Athletics}}

Early and personal life

Ford was born in Cuba in 1997, and moved to Chile in 2018 by unofficial means. He obtained Chilean citizenship on January 9, 2023.{{cite web|title= Who is Santiago Ford, the Cuban who competes for Chile in the 2023 Pan American Games|website=24horas.cl|date=October 30, 2023|url=https://www.24horas.cl/santiago2023/santiago-ford-cubano-compite-chile-panamericanos-2023-|accessdate=19 December 2023}} He based himself in La Granja, Chile.{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-sabado/noticia/cuando-santiago-ford-cruzo-a-chile/O4APAQW6TRF2PBDGAU6ABEHOS4/|website=latercera.com|accessdate=19 December 2023|title= Cuando Santiago Ford cruzó a Chile|first=Gianluca|last=Parrini|date=17 November 2023}}

Career

Competing for Cuba, he was fourth in 2016 in the decathlon at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.{{cite web|website=Americateve.com|accessdate=19 December 2023|url=https://www.americateve.com/deportes/de-cuba-chile-la-travesia-santiago-ford-coronarse-campeon-los-juegos-panamericanos-n5360355|date= November 1, 2023|title=From Cuba to Chile: Santiago Ford's journey to be crowned champion at the Pan American Games}}

After moving from Cuba to Chile, he won the Chilean national title in the triple jump in 2021. {{cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2023/10/31/1111577/ford-historia-panamericanos-santiago-2023.html|website=Emol.com|accessdate=19 December 2023|title= He made an incredible trip to come to the country and was a guard at a nightclub: The great story of the Cuban-Chilean Santiago Ford|date=October 31, 2023|first=Claudio|last=Ortega|first2=Felipe|last2=Santibáñez}} At the 2023 South American Athletics Championship held in São Paulo, he won the silver in the decathlon event, with a new personal best score (7845). He was a gold medalist in the decathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games.{{cite web|first=Viluñir|last=Silva|date= October 31, 2023|title=The incredible story of Santiago Ford, the man who left Cuba to give gold to Chile|website=RedGol|url=https://redgol.cl/redsport/la-historia-de-santiago-ford-el-hombre-que-dejo-cuba-para-darle-el-oro-a-chile-20231101-RDG-179963.html}}

References

External links

{{World Athletics | Santiago-Adolfo-FORD-14575977 }}

Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Cuban decathletes

Category:Naturalized citizens of Chile

Category:Chilean decathletes

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile

Category:Pan American Games competitors for Chile

Category:South American Games competitors for Chile

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)