Roberto Cabrejas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabrejas and the second or maternal family name is Cuadrado.

Roberto Cabrejas Cuadrado (28 December 1952 – 4 July 2001) was a Spanish athlete who specialised in the high jump.^[2] He won a silver medal at the 1983 Ibero-American Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1983 World Championships.

Roberto Cabrejas

Personal information
Born	(1952-12-28) 28 December 1952 (age 71) Rabanera del Pinar, Spain[1]
Died	4 July 2001(2001-07-04) (aged 48) Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Club	Tolosa CF

His personal bests in the event were 2.26 metres outdoors (Madrid 1983) and 2.22 metres indoors (Milan 1982).^[3] After retirement, he worked as a coach and was appointed head of the technical committee of high jump by the Catalan Federation of Athleticism. Cabrejas died on 4 July 2001 when the motorbike he was riding on was hit by a car in Barcelona.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representintg  Spain
1977	European Indoor Championships	San Sebastián, Spain	18th	2.10 m
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	16th	2.10 m
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	7th	2.22 m
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	13th (h)	2.18 m
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	–	NM
	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	7th	2.13 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	2.16 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (q)	2.15 m

References

1. Sports-Reference profile
2. Roberto Cabrejas at World Athletics
3. All-Athletics profile
4. AS, Diario (2001-07-05). "Fallece el saltador de altura Roberto Cabrejas en accidente de moto". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-22.

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