Víctor Castillo
Castillo at the 2011 Military World Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 8, 1981 San Joaquín, Carabobo, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | NAU Lumberjacks (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit (born 8 June 1981) is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba.
He won the South American junior title in 2000 and rose to become the South American Champion in 2003 on home soil. At the 2003 Pan American Games, he took the bronze medal. Castillo appeared at the World Championships in Athletics that year and later represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Won the long jump title at the Bolivarian Games. He was the bronze medallist at the 2011 Military World Games then participated at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Tested positive for banned substance Dimetilexaniamine in 2011, the substance found in his test was fearly new added to the WADA list, he took from a pre-workout supplement doping suspension.