Bachana Khorava Explained

Bachana Khorava
Birth Date:15 March 1993
Birth Place:Chkhorotsqu, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Height:1.71 m[1]
Weight:67 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long jump

Bachana Khorava (Georgian: ბაჩანა ხორავა; born 15 March 1993) is a Georgian athlete specialising in the long jump. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, he won the long jump competition as part of team Georgia at the 2015 European Games (European Team Championships Third League) and won the bronze at the 2015 European U23 Championships. Earlier in his career he competed primarily in sprinting events.

His personal bests in the long jump are 8.24 metres outdoors (+1.3 m/s, Tbilisi 2021) and 8.25 metres indoors (Tbilisi 2016). The latter is the current national record.

International competitions

Representing
2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy60th (h)100 m11.34
40th (h)200 m22.53
2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland12th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:19.58
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic15th (q)Long jump7.63 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia3rdLong jump7.97 m
2016Championships of the Small States of EuropeMarsa, Maltabgcolor=gold1stLong jump8.02 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil19th (q)Long jump7.77 m
2018Championships of the Small States of EuropeSchaan, Liechtenstein3rd100 m10.74 s
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland14th (q)Long jump7.46 m
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan28th (q)Long jump7.41 m
2022Championships of the Small States of EuropeMarsa, Malta4thMedley relay1:58.45
bgcolor=silver2ndLong jump7.57 m

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bachana-khorava 2016 Olympic bio