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Place of Birth: Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
About Alexis Copello
- Alexis Copello (born August 12, 1985) is a Cuban triple jumper who since 2017 competes internationally for Azerbaijan.
- He has a (legal) personal best jump of 17.68 metres (58.0 ft).
- 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.
- Despite being a front runner, he only reached eighth place in Group A (thirteenth place overall) with a jump of 17.09 metres (56.1 ft).He won the gold at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships and set a championship record of 17.33 m.
- Copello won a bronze medal in the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin with a jump of 17.36 metres (57.0 ft) on 18 August 2009, displacing Leevan Sands and only bested by Phillips Idowu and Nelson Évora.On 30 March 2017, he officially switched his allegiance to Azerbaijan.
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