Daniel Pineda (athlete)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pineda and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
Daniel Pineda
Personal information
Nationality Chile
Born (1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 (age 39)
Talcahuano, Bío Bío Region, Chile
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Long jump
South American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Buenos Aires Long jump
South American Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Asunción Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2002 Asunción 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2002 Asunción 1000 m Medley relay
Updated on 14 May 2013

Daniel Pineda Contreras (born 19 September 1985) is a Chilean track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He holds the Chilean national record in the event with his personal best jump of eight metres. In 2011 he was third at the South American Championships in Athletics, then won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games after the original winner was disqualified.

Biography

Born in Talcahuano, Concepción,[1][2] Pineda won his first international long jumping title at the 2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics. In addition to his long jump gold medal, he also won silver medals in the 4×100 metres relay and sprint medley relay, as well as placing fifth individually over 100 metres.[3]

After a break from athletics, he moved to the Chilean capital to train with Club Atlético Santiago in 2006 and appeared at the top level of senior competition in 2007.[1] He jumped a personal best of 7.59 m in La Paz in June and a week later he placed eighth in the long jump at the 2007 South American Championships, where he was also a relay runner for Chile in both the 100 m and 400 m events. He ended the year by winning the Chilean long jump title in Santiago de Chile. He retained it the following season, in which he also ran a 100 m best of 10.63 seconds and finished tenth at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. He only competed in Santiago in 2010, but still managed to win at the Chilean Championships.[4]

Pineda made much progression in the 2010 season: he had a jump of 7.76 m in Medellín in April then broke the Chilean record at the national championships the following month, winning his fourth straight title with a clearance of 7.97 m.[1] At the end of May, he edged this a centimetre further in La Paz. He did not reach this form at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics as he took tenth place for a second time running with a best jump of 7.33 m. Pineda was a guest at the Colombian championships in 2011 and improved his national mark to eight metres for the first time. Nine years after his victory at youth level, he won his first senior medal at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, taking the bronze medal. He made his debut at a world level event at the 2011 Summer Universiade and came twelfth in the long jump.[4]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara he delivered one of the best performances of his career: he jumped 7.97 m in the final to finish runner-up behind Venezuela's Víctor Castillo.[5] However, Pineda was upgraded from the silver medal to the gold as Castillo tested positive for banned substances.[6] He currently works as a sports teacher and athletics trainer at Colegio San Benito, in Santiago.

Doping ban

Pineda was given a two-year ban for "tampering". The ban ran from 5 March 2013 to 4 March 2015.[7][8]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Chile
2002 South American Youth Championships Asunción, Paraguay 5th 100 m 11.37 s (-1.5 m/s)
1st Long jump 7.28 m w
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 41.4 s
2nd Medley relay 1:57.04 min
2006 South American U23 Championships /
South American Games 		Buenos Aires, Argentina 9th Long jump 5.80 m (+2.6 m/s) w
2007 South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 7th 4 × 100 m relay 40.82 s
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:15.17 min
8th Long jump 7.11 m
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile – 4 × 100 m relay DNF
10th Long jump 6.97 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 10th Long jump 7.33 m
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd Long jump 7.82 m
Universiade Shenzhen, China 12th Long jump 7.59 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 4th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.68 s[9]
1st Long jump 7.97 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 13th (q) Long jump 7.56 m (w)
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 4th Long jump 7.82 m
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru 5th Long jump 7.52 m w (+2.4 m/s
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 3rd Long jump 7.87 m (w)
Bolivarian Games Santa Marta, Colombia 10th Long jump 6.95 m
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 4th Long jump 7.81 m
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 2nd Long jump 7.81 m
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 6th Long jump 7.29 m
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 13th Long jump 7.05 m
2020 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 5th Long jump 7.62 m
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 8th Long jump 7.62 m (w)

References

  1. ^ a b c Daniel Pineda bate récord de Chile en salto largo Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine. La Tercera (2010-05-01). Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
  2. ^ Daniel Pineda, de Talcahuano para Guadalajara 2011, obtuvo medalla de plata en salto largo, El Concecuente, MiVoz, Chile, retrieved May 13, 2013
  3. ^ South American Youth Championships 2002 Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
  4. ^ a b Daniel Pineda. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
  5. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-26). Suarez and Armstrong set new records, Clarke outsprints Collins - Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
  6. ^ Long jumper fails doping test. Supersport/SAPA AP (2011-11-10). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  7. ^ "Doping sanctions - News 154 Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 26 June 2014". iaaf.org. IAAF. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Campeón chileno Daniel Pineda arriesga grave sanción por eludir control doping". El Grafico. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  9. ^ Did not finish in the final