Madeline de Jesús

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Madeline de Jesús

Personal information
Born	(1957-11-04) November 4, 1957 (age 64)
Sport
Country	Puerto Rico
Event(s)	long jump and triple jump

Madeline de Jesús (born November 4, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired female track and field athlete from Puerto Rico, who competed in the women's long jump and triple jump during her career. Her personal best (6.96 metres) in the long jump was set on July 24, 1988 in Mexico City. She finished fifth in the long jump at the 1987 Pan American Games. De Jesús twin sister Margaret de Jesús also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the women's 400 metres. Madeline is currently living in Belgium where she's active as a sports teacher and coach.

Olympic cheating[]

After Puerto Rico's Madeline de Jesus got injured while competing in the long jump, she was unable to run in the 4×400-meter relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. She came up with a plan and enlisted her identical twin sister, Margaret, as an imposter for a qualifying heat. Margaret ran the second leg of the qualifier, and the team advanced but when the chief coach of the Puerto Rican team learned of the ruse, he pulled his team out of the final.^[1][2]

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Puerto Rico
1979	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	Long jump	5.87 m
	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
			7th	Long jump	5.88 m
1981	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Santo Domingo, DR	3rd	Long jump	6.20 m
	Universiade	Bucharest, Romania	11th (q)	Long jump	6.21 m
1982	Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba	3rd	Long jump	6.47 m
1983	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Long jump	6.49 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	21st (q)	Long jump	5.63 m
1987	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	Long jump	6.11 m
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	5th	Long jump	6.28 m
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	Long jump	6.96 m A
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	23rd (q)	Long jump	6.08 m

See also[]

• List of Puerto Ricans

References[]

External links[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Madeline de Jesús". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Madeline de Jesús at World Athletics

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