Javier Sotomayor
High Jumper
Cuban track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
He was first sent off to train as a basketball player because of his height.
He became the first person to jump higher than eight feet.
He married fellow Cuban high jumper Maria del Carmen Garcia.
He and Jose Canseco are two world-their athletes from Cuba.