Daniel Pineda

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Chile
Pan American Games
Gold	2011 Guadalajara	Long jump
South American Championships
Bronze	2011 Buenos Aires	Long jump

Daniel Pineda (born 19 September 1985) is a Chilean track and field athelte who competes in the long jump. He holds the Chilean national record in the event with his personal best jump of eight metres. In 2011 he was third at the South American Championships in Athletics, then won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games after the original winner was disqualified.

Born in Concepción,^[1] Pineda won his first international long jumping title at the 2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics. In addition to his long jump gold medal, he also won silver medals in the 4×100 metres relay and sprint medley relay, as well as placing fifth individually over 100 metres.^[2]

After a break from athletics, he moved to the Chilean capital to train with Club Atlético Santiago in 2006 and appeared at the top level of senior competition in 2007.^[1] He jumped a personal best of 7.59 m in La Paz in June and a week later he placed eighth in the long jump at the 2007 South American Championships, where he was also a relay runner for Chile in both the 100 m and 400 m events. He ended the year by winning the Chilean long jump title in Santiago de Chile. He retained it the following season, in which he also ran a 100 m best of 10.63 seconds and finished tenth at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He only competed in Santiago in 2010, but still managed to win at the Chilean Championships.^[3]

Pineda made much progression in the 2010 season: he had a jump of 7.76 m in Medellín in April then broke the Chilean record at the national championships the following month, winning his fourth straight title with a clearance of 7.97 m.^[1] At the end of May, he edged this a centimetre further in La Paz. He did not reach this form at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics as he took tenth place for a second time running with a best jump of 7.33 m. Pineda was a guest at the Colombian championships in 2011 and improved his national mark to eight metres for the first time. Nine years after his victory at youth level, he won his first senior medal at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, taking the bronze medal. He made his debut at a world level event at the 2011 Summer Universiade and came twelfth in the long jump.^[3]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara he delivered one of the best performances of his career: he jumped 7.97 m in the final to finish runner-up behind Venezuela's Víctor Castillo.^[4] However, Pineda was upgraded from the silver medal to the gold as Castillo tested positive for banned substances.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Daniel Pineda bate récord de Chile en salto largo. La Tercera (2010-05-01). Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
2. ^ South American Youth Championships 2002. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
3. ^ ^{a b} Daniel Pineda. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
4. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-26). Suarez and Armstrong set new records, Clarke outsprints Collins - Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
5. ^ Long jumper fails doping test. Supersport/SAPA AP (2011-11-10). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.

External links

• IAAF profile for Daniel Pineda

Persondata
Name	Pineda, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Chilean long jumper
Date of birth	19 September 1985
Place of birth	Concepción, Chile
Date of death
Place of death