Alfredo Deza (high jumper)
Peruvian high jumper
Alfredo Deza Ganoza (born 24 August 1979) is a former Peruvian athlete specializing in the high jump. He was born in Lobitos, Talara, Piura.[1] He is best known for winning gold at the 1998 World Junior Championships becoming the country's first and so far only World Junior Championships medalist.[2]
He represented his country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, but did not progress to the final.
His personal best jump is 2.27 metres from 2003. His father, Alfredo Deza Fuller, was also an Olympic athlete competing in the 110 metres hurdles.
Competition record
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfredo Deza Ganoza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "First medals- IAAF/Coca-Cola World Junior Championships report - Annecy 98". Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- Alfredo Deza at World Athletics
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World U20 Champions in men's high jump
- 1986:
Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1988:
Artur Partyka (POL)
- 1990:
Dragutin Topić (YUG)
- 1992:
Steve Smith (GBR)
- 1994:
Jagan Hames (AUS)
- 1996:
Mark Boswell (CAN)
- 1998:
Alfredo Deza (PER)
- 2000:
Jacques Freitag (RSA)
- 2002:
Andra Manson (USA)
- 2004:
Michael Mason (CAN)
- 2006:
Huang Haiqiang (CHN)
- 2008:
Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)
- 2010:
Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
- 2012:
Andrei Churyla (BLR)
- 2014:
Mikhail Akimenko (RUS)
- 2016:
Luis Zayas (CUB)
- 2018:
Antonios Merlos (GRE)
Roberto Vílches (MEX)
- 2021:
Yonathan Kapitolnik (ISR)
- 2022:
Brandon Pottinger (JAM)
- 2024:
Scottie Vines (USA)
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