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Wilfredo Almonte

Dominican Republic long jumper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ68117292
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Wilfredo Almonte (born 22 November 1958) is a retired Dominican Republic long jumper.

He finished seventh at the 1979 Pan American Games (triple jump), won the silver medal at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games, and finished sixth at the 1983 Pan American Games. He also competed at the 1983 World Championships in both the 100 metres and the long jump without reaching the final of either.

His personal best jump leading up to the World Championships was 7.89 metres, achieved in June 1983 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1958, 1979, 1982, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1958-10-22. For this dossier, Wilfredo, Almonte and Dominican is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from Wilfredo Almonte” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.