Javier Sotomayor
Competition record

Javier Sotomayor

Section Title: Competition record
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes

Representing Cuba

1983	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	2.17 m

1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	2.25 m

1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	2nd	2.30 m

Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	2.30 m

1986	Pan American Junior Championships	Winter Park, United States	1st	2.27 m

Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	2.31 m (A)

World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	2.25 m

Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	2.30 m

1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	4th	2.32 m

Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	2.32 m

World Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	2.29 m

1988	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	2.35 m A

1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	2.43 m (iWR)

Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	2.44 m

Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	1st	2.34 m

1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	2.34 m (A)

1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	2.31 m

Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	1st	2.35 m

World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	2.36 m

1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	2.30 m

Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	2.34 m

1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	2.41 m

Gran Premio Diputación	Salamanca, Spain	1st	2.45 m WR

Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	2.35 m

World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	2.40 m

1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st	2.40 m

1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	2.38 m

Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st	2.40 m

World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	2.37 m

1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	2.30 m

Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th	2.25 m

1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	2.37 m

1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	1st	2.33 m

Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	2.37 m

1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	1st	2.36 m

Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	–	DQ

2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd	2.32 m

2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th	2.25 m

World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	–	DQ

Sentence(s)

Javier Sotomayor set a world record of 2.43 metres.

final_sentence: Javier Sotomayor set a world record of 2.43 metres.