Personal information | |
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Birth name | Lester Alcides Lescay Gay |
Nationality | Spain |
Born | 15 October 2001 |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and Field |
Event | long jump |
Lester Alcides Lescay Gay (born 15 October 2001) is a Cuban athlete who competes in the long jump.[1]
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]