Víctor Castillo

Víctor Castillo
Personal information
Full nameVíctor Manuel Castillo Petit
Born (1981-06-08) June 8, 1981
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubNAU Lumberjacks (USA)
Medal record
Representing  Venezuela
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo Long jump
Disqualified 2011 Guadalajara Long jump
Bolivarian Games
2009 Sucre Long jump 8.25m
2009 Sucre 4×100 m
Military World Games
2011 Rio de Janeiro Long jump
South American Championships
2003 Barquisimeto Long jump
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
2000 San Juan Long jump
Updated on 29 June 2013

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.