Lester Lescay
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| Birth name | Lester Alcides Lescay Gay | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | ||||||||||||||
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Lester Alcides Lescay Gay (born 15 October 2001) is a Cuban-born-Spanish athlete who competes in the long jump. From January 2025 he competes for Spain.[1]
Career
[edit]He won silver at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships long jump competition behind teammate Maikel Vidal.[2] He won gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics long jump competition.[3][4]
Lescay was included in Cuba's squad for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics based on his 8.28m jump on the 23 February 2020 in Camagüey.[5] It was the fourth longest men's senior outdoor long jump of 2020.[6] It also placed him tenth on the Cuban all-time list, as well as the sixth u20 in the world of all time.[7]
From January 2025, he was cleared to compete internationally for Spain.[8] He won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a jump of 8.12 metres, just one centimetre behind gold medal winner Bozhidar Sarâboyukov.[9][10]
Personal life
[edit]He is the nephew of fellow athlete Mabel Gay.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lester Alcides LESCAY GAY | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Clinch crowned decathlon champion at World Under-18 Athletics Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. July 13, 2017.
- ^ "Athletics Podium". Athletics Podium.
- ^ "Long Jump Result | 3rd Youth Olympic Games". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "DTCNews: Thirteen Cuban Athletes Classified for Tokyo-2020". www.dtcuba.com.
- ^ "Long Jump - men - senior - outdoor - 2020". worldathletics.org.
- ^ Rodés, Dary's Steyners / Juan Daniel Santana (July 28, 2020). "Lester Lescay Gay: "La vida me hizo para saltar"".
- ^ a b "Lester Lescay Joins Ranks of Cuban Champions Competing in Spain". Footboom1. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Kambundji breaks European indoor 60m hurdles record in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "Mixed 1500m fortunes for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Georgia Hunter Bell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
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