Louis Tsatoumas

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Louis Tsatoumas

Loúis Tsátoumas in action at the FBK Games in The Netherlands, 2014
Personal information
Born	(1982-02-12) February 12, 1982 (age 39) Messene, Greece
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Medal record European Championships 2014 Zürich Long jump European Indoor Championships 2007 Birmingham Long jump Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Long jump 2009 Pescara Long jump

Louis Tsatoumas (Greek: Λούης Τσάτουμας, born 12 February 1982) is a Greek long jumper.

Biography[]

He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal behind an Italian record-breaking Andrew Howe. On 2 June 2007 in Kalamata Tsatoumas jumped 8.66 metres, achieving a personal best and a Greek record for the event. The performance was the best in the world since Iván Pedroso leaped 8.70 m to win the gold medal at the 1995 World Championships. Tsatoumas ranks as the eighth best long jumper in history and holds the European record in the event at low altitude.

At the 2008 Olympics he had the longest qualifying jump with 8.27 m, but after three consecutive fouls in the final he finished in last place. He was the bronze medallist at both the 2009 Mediterranean Games and 2009 European Team Championships.^[1] He represented Greece at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching the final round, but finished only eleventh overall. At the 2010 European Athletics Championships he was sixth.

In 2014 Tsatoumas set a Greek indoor record of 8.23 m to win the national indoor title.

Personal bests[]

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Greece
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	7.54 m
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	21st (q)	7.15 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2001	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	7.98 m (w)
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	8.24 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)
	World Championships	Paris, France	12th	7.72 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	7.22 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	25th (q)	7.34 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	22nd (q)	7.81 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	final	NM
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	8.10 m
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	7.84 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	8.29 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	8.02 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	10th (q)	7.77 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	final	NM
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	12th (q)	7.79 m
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	3rd	8.20 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th	7.59 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	8.09 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	13th (q)	7.81 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	14th (q)	8.01 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	6th	7.88 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	29th (q)	7.53 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	8.00 m
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	8.14 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th	7.98 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	4th	8.13 m
	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	2nd	8.15 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	7.98 m

References[]

External links[]

• Louis Tsatoumas at World Athletics
• Louis Tsatoumas at the International Olympic Committee
• Louis Tsatoumas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)