Víctor Castillo

Víctor Castillo
Castillo at the 2011 Military World Games
Personal information
Full nameVíctor Manuel Castillo Petit
Born (1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 (age 43)
San Joaquín, Carabobo, Venezuela[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubNAU Lumberjacks (USA)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Venezuela
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Long jump
Disqualified 2011 Guadalajara Long jump
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Sucre Long jump 8.25m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Sucre 4×100 m
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rio de Janeiro Long jump
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barquisimeto Long jump
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Bronze medal – third place 2000 San Juan Long jump
Updated on 29 June 2013
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Petit.

Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit (born 8 June 1981) is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba.

He won the South American junior title in 2000 and rose to become the South American Champion in 2003 on home soil. At the 2003 Pan American Games, he took the bronze medal. Castillo appeared at the World Championships in Athletics that year and later represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Won the long jump title at the Bolivarian Games. He was the bronze medallist at the 2011 Military World Games then participated at the 2011 Pan American Games.

Tested positive for banned substance Dimetilexaniamine in 2011, the substance found in his test was fearly new added to the WADA list, he took from a pre-workout supplement doping suspension.

Career

His first international outing came at the 1998 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, where he came sixth in the long jump and was part of Venezuela's silver medal-winning 4×100 metres relay team.[2] He returned to win the long jump gold medal at the 2000 event, beating Brazil's Thiago Dias.[3] At the more competitive 2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics he came third with a wind-assisted mark of 7.77 m, finishing behind Leevan Sands of the Bahamas.[4] The 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Chile that year and Castillo made his first world-level appearance and placed fourth, just outside the medal positions.[5]

Castillo gained eligibility to compete for the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks: he broke the school record for the long jump and was fourth at the Drake Relays in 2003.[6] He achieved his first success at senior level for Venezuela that year. He won the long jump title at the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics held in Barquisimeto, was fourth at the CAC Championships, and jumped his best of the year at the Pan American Games, taking the bronze medal with a mark of 7.98 m.[7] His senior global debut followed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and he finished 11th in his qualifying round.[5]

Castillo cleared eight metres twice in May 2004, first with a jump of 8.03 m in Mexico City and then a personal best and Venezuelan national record of 8.34 m in Cochabamba.[5] He travelled to Europe and competed at top level meets, including Athletissima, before going on to finish as runner-up at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics behind Spain's Joan Lino Martínez.[8] He made his first appearance at the Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games, where he finished eighth in his qualifier with a jump of 7.98 m but did not make the final.[5] He represented the NAU Lumberjacks in the 2005 indoor season and broke two national indoor records, running 6.76 seconds for the 60 metres and clearing 8.00 m for the long jump.[9]

In 2006 Castillo was found guilty of using furosemide, a banned diuretic and so-called masking agent. The sample containing the banned substance was delivered on 27 March 2006 in an out-of-competition test. He received an IAAF suspension from June 2006 to June 2008.[10]

Following the expiration of his ban, he returned to competition in the 2009 season. He won the gold medal at the 2009 Bolivarian Games in November, jumping a season's best of 8.25 m, and also helped Venezuela's 4×100 metres relay team to a silver medal.[9] He made few appearances in 2010, but returned to full competition the year after. He ran a 200 metres personal best of 21.13 seconds in May at the national championships, placing third in the sprint after winning the long jump title. A jump of 7.72 m brought him fourth place at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics and a month later he represented Venezuela at the 2011 Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he took the bronze medal with a clearance of 7.81 m. With the wind right on the permissible limit, he had a jump of 8.03 m at the 2011 ALBA Games – a mark which earned him the gold medal. His season came to a peak at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara as he jumped 8.05 m (his third best ever) to secure the gold medal,[9] becoming the second Venezuelan man to win an athletics gold at the competition (following Rafael Romero's 200 m win in 1963). Castillo came back at age 35 to jump 7.52m during the 2016 indoor season at a local meet in Elche, Spain.[11]

The Venezuelan Olympic Committee.[12]

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres: 10.44 s (wind: -1.1 m/s) – Venezuela Caracas, 9 October 2009
  • 200 metres: 21.22 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Venezuela Caracas, 7 May 2011
  • Long jump: 8.34 m A (wind: -1.2 m/s) – Bolivia Cochabamba, 30 May 2004
  • Triple jump: 15.66 m (wind: +0.2 m/s) – United States Tempe, Arizona, 4 May 2003

Indoor

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Venezuela
1998 South American Junior Championships Córdoba, Argentina 4th (h) 110 m hurdles 16.37 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)
6th Long jump 6.93 m
2nd 4×100 m relay 41.41 s
2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) San Juan, Puerto Rico 3rd Long jump 7.77 m w (wind: +2.8 m/s)
South American Junior Championships São Leopoldo, Brazil 1st Long jump 7.70 m
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 4th Long jump 7.66 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2003 South American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st Long jump 7.78 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 4th Long jump 7.60 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd Long jump 7.98 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)
World Championships Saint-Denis, France 11th (q) Long jump 7.71 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2004 Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain 2nd Long jump 7.95 m (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 8th (qualifiers) Long jump 7.98 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2009 Bolivarian Games Sucre, Bolivia 1st Long jump 8.25m GR A (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2nd 4×100 m relay 39.73 A
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 4th Long jump 7.72m
World Military Track & Field Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd Long jump 7.81 m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st Long jump 8.03 m (wind: +2.0 m/s)
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st (DQ) Long jump

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Víctor Castillo. Sports reference
  2. ^ South American Junior Championships 1998. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  3. ^ South American Junior Championships 2000. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  4. ^ Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships 2000. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  5. ^ a b c d Castillo, Victor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  6. ^ Lumberjacks on track in world rankings. Northern Arizona University (2005-02-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  7. ^ Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  8. ^ Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  9. ^ a b c Victor Castillo. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  10. ^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 2006-03-12.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Supersport/SAPA AP (2011-11-10). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
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