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Javier Sotomayor

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Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born 13 October 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 gold medalist, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet (2.44 m). He cleared eight feet twice, the first time with 2.44 m in 1989. Sotomayor is a two-time gold medalist at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, and also won two silver medals at the competition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Sotomayor is the 46th most popular athlete (down from 17th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Cuba (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Javier Sotomayor ranks 46 out of 6,025. Before him are Amanda, Dana Zátopková, Julia, Jonathan Edwards, Greg Bell, and Ellery Harding Clark. After him are Marita Koch, Alvin Kraenzlein, Sohn Kee-chung, Aladár Gerevich, Leonidas of Rhodes, and Barbara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Javier Sotomayor ranks 40. Before him are Benicio del Toro, Néstor Carbonell, Michael Johnson, Anna Nicole Smith, Matthias Sammer, and Adam Savage. After him are Claudio Caniggia, Sung Jae-gi, Richard Z. Kruspe, Laura Dern, Denis Villeneuve, and Serj Tankian.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Javier Sotomayor ranks 23 out of 300. Before him are Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Alicia Alonso (1920), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Teófilo Stevenson (1952), and Rita Marley (1946). After him are Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Vilma Espín (1930), Aleida March (1936), Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), and Ramón Grau (1881).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Javier Sotomayor ranks 1. After him are Alberto Juantorena (1950), Iván Pedroso (1972), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), María Caridad Colón (1958), Alejandro Casañas (1954), Silvio Leonard (1955), Roberto Hernández (1967), Maritza Martén (1963), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), Ariel Hernández (1970), and Luis Delís (1957).

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