Antonio Corgos

Antonio Corgos Cervantes (born 10 March 1960 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired long jumper from Spain. He won two silver medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as one at the 1982 European Athletics Championships. He was also a silver medallist at the 1983 Mediterranean Games and the 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Corgos was an Olympic finalist on three occasions, his best result being fifth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corgos and the second or maternal family name is Cervantes.

He set personal bests of 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) in the long jump and 16.33 m (53 ft 6 3⁄4 in) in the triple jump (indoors).[1]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 15th Triple jump 15.46 m
Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 7th Long jump 8.09 m (+0.2 m/s)
1981 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 2nd Long jump 7.97 m
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 10th Long jump 7.48 m
European Championships Athens, Greece 2nd Long jump 8.19 m (+0.4 m/s)
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th Long jump 8.06 m (+0.3 m/s)
Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 2nd Long jump 7.75 m
Ibero-American Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Long jump 7.90 m (+0.4 m/s)
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 10th Long jump 7.69 m (-1.1 m/s)
1985 European Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 6th Long jump 7.94 m
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 4th Long jump 8.12 m
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 10th Long jump 7.64 m
Ibero-American Championships Mexico City, Mexico 3rd Long jump 8.08 m (0.0 m/s) A
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 5th Long jump 8.03 m (+0.5 m/s)
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 2nd Long jump 8.12 m
World Cup Barcelona, Spain 7th Long jump 7.06 m
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 11th Long jump 7.70 m
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 6th Long jump 7.69 m w (+2.8 m/s)

References
  1. El Atletismo Olímpico Español. Edit by RFEA Madrid 1992



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