Leading from the opening round, Echevarria sparred with the heavily favored world champion Luvo Manyonga of South Africa nearly blow-for-blow in the second half of the competition before becoming, at age 19 years and 203 days, the youngest field event gold medallist at an indoor world championships.
Manyonga won silver with 8.44m and American Marquis Dendy took bronze with 8.42.
China's 19-year-old Shi Yuhao finished fifth with 8.12m and his teammate Huang Changzhou was 10th with 7.75m.
Murielle Ahoure of Cote d'Ivoire soared to an emphatic 60m victory in a world-leading 6.97 seconds to finally step atop of the medals podium following her silver medal runs at the 2017 and 2017 editions of these championships.
The 30-year-old, who finished fourth in the 100m at last year's World Championships in London, followed up her world-leading 7.01 in the semifinal earlier in the afternoon with a time that bettered her 6.99 personal best, set in the same Birmingham venue back in 2013.
Ahoures compatriot Marie-Josee Ta Lou finished second in a personal best of 7.05, replicating her finish from the 100m and 200m at last year's World Championships.
Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji matched Ta Lou's 7.05 to take the bronze.
China's Liang Xiaojing, 20, who won the Asian Indoor Championships last month, failed to qualify for the final as she finished seventh in her group at the semifinals. Another Chinese sprinter Wei Yongli was stopped in the heat.
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