Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (] ; born October 13, 1967) is a Cuban former track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m (8 ft floor(((2.45)*3.28084)−(floor((2.45)*3.28084)) *12) in) makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet.
He's the only cuban to have ever high jumped over eight feet.
He's cuban and holds the world record, but we don't know if he has jumped higher than EVERY cuban high jumper. His was recorded.