Pedro Pichardo

Pedro Pichardo
Pichardo competing at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix (May 2015)
Personal information
Full namePedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta
Nickname4P
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31)[1]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
ClubBenfica
Coached byJorge Pichardo (his father)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2020 Tokyo,  Gold
Highest world ranking1 (weeks 99)[2]
Personal bests
  • Triple jump: 18.08 m (59 ft 3+34 in) Cuba NR (for Cuba)
  • 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) Portugal NR
  • Indoors
  • Triple jump: 17.48 m (57 ft 4 in) NR

Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈtʃaɾðo], Portuguese pronunciation: [piˈʃaɾðu]; born 30 June 1993) is a Cuban-born Portuguese triple jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a Portuguese national record of 17.98 m (58 ft 11+34 in) and the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was world champion in 2022, and could not defend his title in 2023 due to injury.

Pichardo was the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2013 World Championship silver medalist. His 17.79 m (58 ft 4+14 in) in early 2014 was the best triple jump of the year. In 2015, his 17.94 m (58 ft 10+14 in) made him the #6 performer ever. A week later he improved to 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in), making him the No. 3 performer ever and the best performance the world has seen since 1996 (when Pichardo was only three years old).[3] At club level, he represents Benfica in Portugal.

  1. ^ a b c d "Pedro Pablo Pichardo". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Pedro PICHARDO | Profile | World Athletics".
  3. ^ "Triple Jump – men – senior – outdoor". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-05-28.