JOHNSON Jeswin Aldrin

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
11	Men's Long Jump	2023	Budapest, HUN	7.77
Qualification	Men's Long Jump	2022	Eugene, OR, USA	7.78

Athlete

History - Madras Christian College, India

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JSW Sports [IND] / Tamil Nadu [IND]

Yoandris Betanzos Francis [JSW], CUB

He took up athletics at Daniel Thomas Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Tirunelveli, India. He first tried high jump before switching to long jump at age 16. (indianexpress, 18 Apr 2022; news9live, 26 Mar 2022; thehindu, 14 Mar 2022)

He liked sports as a child and competed in kho-kho [a traditional Indian tag sport], volleyball and athletics at school level. His physical education teacher encouraged him to focus on long jump. "He advised me to concentrate only on long jump if I wanted to become a good athlete." (indianexpress, 18 Apr 2022; news9live, 26 Mar 2022)

To win a medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (hindustantimes, 09 Feb 2023)

He trains at the Inspire Institute of Sport in Vijayanagar, India. (olympics, 28 Jun 2023; thehindu, 29 Aug 2022)

Winning silver at the 2023 Asian Indoor Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. (olympics, 28 Jun 2023)

Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso, US long jumpers Mike Powell and Dwight Phillips, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (olympics, 28 Jun 2023; news9live, 26 Mar 2022)