Alexis Copello

{{short description|Cuban-Azerbaijani triple jumper|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox sportsperson |headercolor = lightblue | name = Alexis Copello | image = Alexis Copello Daegu 2011.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Copello at the 2011 World Championships Athletics in Daegu. | birth_name = | fullname = Alexis Copello Sánchez <ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite web |year= 2009 |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/alexis-copello-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101637/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/alexis-copello-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 18, 2020 |title = Alexis Copello|publisher = sports-reference.com| access-date = August 30, 2009 | last= |quote=}}</ref> | nickname = | citizenship = Cuba (birth), Azerbaijan (24 April 2017){{citation needed|date=June 2024}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|08|12}} | birth_place = Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | height = {{convert|1.85|m|ft|abbr=on}} (2007) | weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} (2007) | country = {{CUB}} (until 2017) {{AZE}} (after 2017) | sport = Triple jumper | pb = {{convert|17.68|m}} | updated = 21 June 2013 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze |2009 Berlin|Triple jump}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|Triple jump}} {{MedalCompetition|Continental Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Split|Triple jump}} {{MedalCountry|{{AZE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Berlin|Triple jump}} {{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Toruń|Triple jump}} | show-medals = }}

'''Alexis Copello''' (born August 12, 1985) is a Cuban-Azerbaijani triple jumper who since 2017 competes internationally for Azerbaijan. He has a (legal) personal best jump of {{convert|17.68|m}}. He is a World Championship medalist, having won the bronze at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He is 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs 80 kilograms (176 lbs).

His international career began with success at regional level: he won a silver medal in the triple jump at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and a bronze medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships. Copello represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080807064858/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/05/content_8314147.htm "149 Cubans qualify for Olympics"], Xinhua, June 5, 2008</ref> Despite being a front runner, he only reached eighth place in Group A (thirteenth place overall) with a jump of {{convert|17.09|m}}.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/alexis-copello-1.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101637/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/alexis-copello-1.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2020-04-18| title = Alexis Copello Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com| access-date = 2009-08-24| date = | publisher = Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>

He won the gold at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships and set a championship record of 17.33 m.<ref>Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-07-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH09/news/kind=100/newsid=51565.html Culson prevails over Sanchez as six more records fall – CAC Champs Final Day]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.</ref> Copello won a bronze medal in the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin with a jump of {{convert|17.36|m}} on 18 August 2009, displacing Leevan Sands and only bested by Phillips Idowu and Nelson Évora.<ref name="cubaweb">{{cite web|year=2009 |url=http://www.ain.cubaweb.cu/idioma/Ingles/2009/0818gana_bronce.htm |title=Cuban Triple Jumper Wins Bronze in Berlin |publisher=Cuban News Agency CUBA (ACN) |access-date=August 30, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On 30 March 2017, he officially switched his allegiance to Azerbaijan.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=ed1aafe9-c960-410c-b79f-1f805abb4444.pdf&urlslug=Transfers%20of%20allegiance%20-%202017%20-%20as%20officially%20announced%20in%20the%20IAAF%20Newsletter%20 Transfers of allegiance – 2017 – as officially announced in the IAAF Newsletter]</ref>

==Personal bests== Copello's best indoor jump is {{convert|17.24|m}} in Lievin on 5 March 2010, and his best legal outdoor jump is {{convert|17.68|m}} in Avila on 17 July 2011.<ref name="iaaf">{{cite web | url = http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=197592/index.html | title = iaaf.org – Athletes – Copello Alexis Biography | access-date = 2009-08-24| publisher = IAAF }}</ref> For comparison, the world record is {{convert|18.29|m|ft}}.

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CUB}} |- |rowspan=2|2005 |ALBA Games |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |16.57 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) |- |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Nassau, Bahamas |4th |Triple Jump |17.09 m '''w''' (wind: +2.6 m/s) |- |2006 |Central American and Caribbean Games |Cartagena, Colombia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple Jump |16.85 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) |- |rowspan=2|2008 |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Cali, Colombia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Triple Jump |16.91 m (wind: -2.1 m/s) |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |13th (q) |Triple Jump |17.09 m (wind: +0.6 m/s) |- |rowspan=3|2009 |ALBA Games |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple jump |17.69 m (wind: +3.9 m/s) |- |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple Jump |17.33 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) |- |World Championships |Berlin, Germany |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Triple Jump |17.36 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) |- |2010 |Ibero-American Championships |San Fernando, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple Jump |17.28 m (wind: +1.1 m/s) |- |rowspan=2|2011 |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |4th |Triple Jump |17.47 m (wind: +0.1 m/s) |- |Pan American Games |Guadalajara, Mexico |bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple Jump |17.21 m (wind: -1.3 m/s) |- |rowspan=2|2012 |World Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |7th |Triple Jump |16.92 m |- |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom |8th |Triple Jump |16.92 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{AZE}} |- |rowspan=2|2017 |Islamic Solidarity Games |Baku, Azerbaijan |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |16.90 m |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |5th |Triple jump |17.16 m |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |4th |Triple jump |17.17 m |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |16.93 m |- |2019 |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |7th |Triple jump |17.10 m |- |2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |17.04 m |- |rowspan=2|2022 |Islamic Solidarity Games |Konya, Turkey |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |16.40 m |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany | – |Triple jump |NM |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary | – |Triple jump |NM |- |2024 |European Championships |Rome, Italy |13th (q) |Triple jump |16.44 m |}

==See also== *Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{World Athletics}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/alexis-copello-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101637/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/alexis-copello-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Alexis Copello}} *[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=1927&Season=2009&Odd=1 Tilastopaja biography]

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