Irving Saladino

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Men's athletics
Medal record
Irving Saladino, Gold Medalist at Athletics World Championship 2007
World Championships
Gold	2007 Osaka	Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver	2006 Moscow	Long jump

Irving Saladino (born 23 January 1983 in Colón) is a Panamanian long jumper.

At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships he finished second with a new South American indoor record of 8.29 metres. In 2006 he won five (Oslo, Rome, Zurich, Brussel, Berlin) out of six Golden League events in the same season, which earned him a total of $83,333. His only defeat was in Paris where he was second. With 8.56 metres achieved in May 2006 he became the South American record holder.

The 2006 world leader in the long jump, Saladino launched his 2007 season with the furthest leap of the year, 8.53m (-0.2 m/s wind), to capture the victory at the “Grande Prêmio Rio Caixa de Atletismo”, held in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday 13 May. On May 24, 2008 Saladino achieved a new personal record,during the FBK-Games in Hengelo Saladino jumped with his first attempt to 8.73 (+1.2 m/s wind).

[edit] World Champion

On August 30, 2007 Saladino became World Champion in Osaka. He led with the mark of 8.30 metres from his second attempt, then improved to 8.46 m, to the penultimate jump of the contest, when he was overtaken by Andrew Howe who signed 8.47 m. Saladino was able to earn the gold medal on the last attempt of the contest, in which he jumped 8.57 m. This was also an improvement of his own South American record (On IAAF, Panama belongs to the South American area).

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	8.29 m (AR)
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	8.28 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	8.57 m (AR)