Spanish long jumper (born 1960)
Antonio Corgos Cervantes (born 10 March 1960 in Barcelona , Catalonia ) is a retired long jumper from Spain . He won two silver medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as one at the 1982 European Athletics Championships . He was also a silver medallist at the 1983 Mediterranean Games and the 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics . Corgos was an Olympic finalist on three occasions, his best result being fifth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics .
He set personal bests of 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) in the long jump and 16.33 m (53 ft 6+ 3 ⁄4 in) in the triple jump (indoors).[ 1]
International competitions [ edit ]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Spain
1980
European Indoor Championships
Sindelfingen , West Germany
15th
Triple jump
15.46 m
Olympic Games
Moscow , Soviet Union
7th
Long jump
8.09 m (+0.2 m/s)
1981
European Indoor Championships
Grenoble , France
2nd
Long jump
7.97 m
1982
European Indoor Championships
Milan , Italy
10th
Long jump
7.48 m
European Championships
Athens , Greece
2nd
Long jump
8.19 m (+0.4 m/s)
1983
World Championships
Helsinki , Finland
7th
Long jump
8.06 m (+0.3 m/s)
Mediterranean Games
Casablanca , Morocco
2nd
Long jump
7.75 m
Ibero-American Championships
Barcelona , Spain
2nd
Long jump
7.90 m (+0.4 m/s)
1984
Olympic Games
Los Angeles , United States
10th
Long jump
7.69 m (-1.1 m/s)
1985
European Indoor Championships
Piraeus , Greece
6th
Long jump
7.94 m
1986
European Indoor Championships
Madrid , Spain
4th
Long jump
8.12 m
1988
European Indoor Championships
Budapest , Hungary
10th
Long jump
7.64 m
Ibero-American Championships
Mexico City , Mexico
3rd
Long jump
8.08 m (0.0 m/s) A
Olympic Games
Seoul , South Korea
5th
Long jump
8.03 m (+0.5 m/s)
1989
European Indoor Championships
The Hague , Netherlands
2nd
Long jump
8.12 m
World Cup
Barcelona , Spain
7th
Long jump
7.06 m
1990
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow , United Kingdom
11th
Long jump
7.70 m
1992
Ibero-American Championships
Seville , Spain
6th
Long jump
7.69 m w (+2.8 m/s)
^ El Atletismo Olímpico Español . Edit by RFEA Madrid 1992