Who is the current world record holder in high jump and uncle of Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo?
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Lorenzo Sotomayor Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (born 16 February 1985) is an Cuban-born Azerbaijani light-welterweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. He is a nephew of the high jumper Javier Sotomayor. In 2013 he moved from Cuba to Azerbaijan to increase his chances for Olympic selection. He chose to compete as Collazo, which means "shining star".
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Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (] ; born October 13, 1967) is a Cuban former track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m (8 ft floor(((2.45)*3.28084)−(floor((2.45)*3.28084)) *12) in) makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet.
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Ernesto Montemayor Jr. Ernesto Montemayor Jr. (3 March 1928 – 6 August 2000) was a Mexican sports shooter. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. His father also competed at the Olympics.
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Leland McPhie Leland McPhie (March 10, 1914 – September 3, 2015) was an American centenarian track and field athlete. He has found success in Masters athletics competitions. He also holds the currently ratified M95 American records in the long jump and triple jump. Just four days after his 100th birthday, competing in the USATF Masters Indoor Championships, McPhie was the first centenarian athlete to attempt the high jump, though he failed to clear the bar.
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Luke Watson (long-distance runner) Luke Watson (born August 20, 1980) is a retired long-distance runner who specialized in various track and road running disciplines. He represented the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2004 and 2006. He was a member of one of the greatest generations of high school long distance runners in the US, many of whom happened to be from Stillwater High in the late 1990s. At Notre Dame he studied and also became a very competitive middle and long distance runner, before which he ran at three US Olympic Trials in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Watson retired from competitive running in 2012. He is the older brother of Jake Watson.
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Chaunté Lowe Chaunté Lowe (née Howard; born January 12, 1984) is an American athlete who competes in the high jump. A four-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), she is the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2005 World Championship silver medalist and the 2012 World Indoor gold medalist. She initially finished sixth in the 2008 Olympic high jump final, but was promoted to the bronze medal in 2016 after three competitors were disqualified. She is the American record holder in the women's high jump with an outdoor clearance of 2.05 m in 2010, and holds the indoor record with a clearance of 2.02 m in 2012.
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Jorge Sotomayor Jorge Sotomayor (born March 29, 1988 in Munro, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Rangers of the Primera B Chilena.
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Ruth Ndoumbe Ruth Marie Ndoumbe Nvumba (born 1 January 1987 in Madrid) is a Spanish track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump and high jump.
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Viktor Bolshov Viktor Bolshov (Russian: Виктор Большов ; born 23 May 1939) is a retried Soviet high jumper. He competed in the 1960 Olympics finishing fourth behind his teammates Robert Shavlakadze, world record holder Valery Brumel and American John Thomas. During the course of the competition all four equaled the Olympic record, Shavlakadze, the first jumper in the order set the record first. Based on current rules, Bolshov would have tied Thomas for the bronze medal, but at the time jumpers were penalized for the number of attempts and Bolshov took seven attempts during the competition to Thomas' five.
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Joan Lino Martínez Joan Lino Martínez Armenteros (born January 11, 1978 in La Habana, Cuba) is a Spanish athlete. He competes in the long jump.
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Juan Miguel Echevarría Juan Miguel Echevarría (born 11 August 1998) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the long jump. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the final.
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Gilmar Mayo Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano (born 30 September 1969) is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 m (7 ft floor(((2.33)*3.28084)−(floor((2.33)*3.28084)) *12) in) , achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian and South American record. Mayo represented Colombia twice at the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000) and three times at the World Championships in Athletics (1995, 1997 and 1999).
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Dominique Duncan Dominique Lynn Duncan (born May 7, 1990) is an American–born Nigerian sprinter who is eligible to compete for Nigeria after switching allegiance from the United States of America. Dominique is a national and African record holder after she won gold alongside Blessing Okagbare, Regina George and Christy Udoh in the Women's 4 × 200 metres relay event at the 2015 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.
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Alvin Rentería Alvin Heider Rentería Montoya (born January 4, 1978) is a male triple jumper from Colombia. Rentería set his personal best (16.66 metres) in the men's triple jump on September 15, 2001 in Ambato. He is a four-time national champion in the men's triple jump event, and also won a long jump title in 2000.
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Henry Dagmil Henry Dagmil (born 7 December 1981) is a Filipino long jumper. His personal best jump is 7.99 metres, achieved in June 7, 2008 in Los Angeles. He is a multi-titled long jumper as well as short distance runner, having to compete in the Men's 4 × 100 m as well. He currently holds the Southeast Asian Games Record at the Men's Long Jump at 7.87 m he set at the 2007 edition in Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand.
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Will Claye Will Claye (born June 13, 1991) is an American track and field athlete of Sierra Leonean descent who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal in 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the gold medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Claye won a bronze medal in long jump and a silver medal in triple jump. He repeated his silver medal in the triple jump four years later. His personal best of 17.91 m (58 ft floor(((17.91)*3.28084)−(floor((17.91)*3.28084)) *12) in) , set at the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, ranks him as the #9 triple jumper of all time.
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Álvaro Mejía (athlete) Álvaro Mejía Florez (born May 15, 1940 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a former long-distance runner from Colombia, who became a national hero after competing in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games 5,000 meter final.
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Elmer Williams Elmer Williams González (born 8 October 1964; Naguabo, Puerto Rico) is a retired Puerto Rican long jumper.
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Pedro Pablo Pichardo Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta (] ; born 30 June 1993) is a Cuban triple jumper. He was the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2013 World Championship silver medalist. His 17.79 m (58 ft floor(((17.79)*3.28084)−(floor((17.79)*3.28084)) *12) in) in early 2014 was the best triple jump of the year. In 2015, his 17.94 m (58 ft floor(((17.94)*3.28084)−(floor((17.94)*3.28084)) *12) in) made him the #6 performer ever. A week later he improved to 18.06 m (59 ft floor(((18.06)*3.28084)−(floor((18.06)*3.28084)) *12) in) making him the #3 performer ever and the best performance the world has seen since 1996 (when Pichardo was only 3 years old). At club level, he represents S.L. Benfica in Portugal.
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Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson Guilarte (] ) was a predecessor of greatest Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso, but was also capable of big jumps, taking more international medals in a career that spanned for over a decade.
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Rafael Soto Rafael Soto (born 14 October 1957) is a Spanish equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Jerez de la Frontera. He won a silver medal in dressage at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.