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Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou (Greek: Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Τεντόγλου [miltiˈaðis te(n)ˈdoɣlu]; [4] born 18 March 1998 [5]) is a Greek long jump athlete, who is 14th in the all time lists, but one of the best in terms of achievements, as he is a double Olympic Champion with multiple World and European titles also to his ...
The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948, and was the second Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump, which was added in 1928.
The long jump is the only known jumping event of ancient Greece's original Olympics' pentathlon events. All events that occurred at the Olympic Games were initially supposed to act as a form of training for warfare. The long jump emerged probably because it mirrored the crossing of obstacles such as streams and ravines. [2]
Greece: 5.90 m Long jump details: Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece: 8.48 m Wayne Pinnock Jamaica: 8.36 m Mattia Furlani Italy: 8.34 m Triple jump details: Jordan Díaz Spain: 17.86 m Pedro Pichardo Portugal: 17.84 m Andy Díaz Italy: 17.64 m SB: Shot put details: Ryan Crouser United States: 22.90 m SB: Joe Kovacs United States: 22.15 m Rajindra ...
Tsatoumas ranks as the eighth best long jumper in history and holds the European record in the event at low altitude. [ 2 ] At the 2008 Olympics he had the longest qualifying jump with 8.27m, but after three consecutive fouls in the final he finished in last place.
Greece has hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions, the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 and again in 2004. Both were held in Athens, which along with Los Angeles and Tokyo are the cities that have hosted the Olympic Games twice, with London and Paris being the only two cities to have hosted them three times.
The men's long jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016).
Niki Xanthou (Greek: Νίκη Ξάνθου, [ˈnici ˈksanθu], born 11 October 1973 in Rhodes) is a Greek long jumper. Xanthou set nine national records in long jump during her career. Her personal best, and national record , is 7.03 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Bellinzona .