Atanas Chochev Explained

Atanas Chochev (Bulgarian: Атанас Чочев) (born January 17, 1957) is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper and long jumper.

His personal best jump was 8.19 metres, achieved in July 1981 in Sofia. This ranks him seventh among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov, Nikolay Atanasov, Petar Dachev, Nikolay Antonov and Galin Georgiev.[1] In the triple jump he had 16.86 metres from Sofia 1980.[2]

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
1980Sindelfingen, West Germany4thTriple jump[3]
Moscow, Soviet Union6thTriple jump[4]
1981Grenoble, France8thLong jump[5]
1982Milan, Italy8thLong jump[6]
Athens, Greece7thLong jump

References

  1. http://athletix.org/?p=1894 All time best Balkan athletes, men
  2. http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m28.htm World men's all-time best triple jump (last updated 2001)
  3. http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1980/m80_10.html 1980 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final
  4. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics/1980_m.asp#19 1980 Summer Olympics, men's results
  5. http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1981/m81_09.html 1981 European Indoor Championships, men's long jump final
  6. http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1982/m82_10.html 1982 European Indoor Championships, men's long jump final