Louis Tsatoumas Explained

Birth Date:12 February 1982
Birth Place:Messene, Greece
Height:1.86 m
Weight:77 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long jump

Louis Tsatoumas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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

EventPerformanceDateVenue
Long jump (NR)2 June 2007Kalamata, Greece
Long jump (indoor)February 2014Pireas, Greece

International competitions

Representing
1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland4th7.54 m
2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile21st (q)7.15 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2001Grosseto, Italybgcolor=gold1st7.98 m (w)
2003Bydgoszcz, Polandbgcolor=gold1st8.24 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)
Paris, France12th7.72 m
Monte Carlo, Monaco8th7.22 m
2004Budapest, Hungary25th (q)7.34 m
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece22nd (q)7.81 m
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, SpainfinalNM
2006Moscow, Russia4th8.10 m
Gothenburg, Sweden8th7.84 m
Stuttgart, Germany3rd8.29 m
2007Birmingham, United Kingdom2nd8.02 m
2008Valencia, Spain10th (q)7.77 m
Olympic GamesBeijing, ChinafinalNM
2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy12th (q)7.79 m
Pescara, Italy3rd8.20 m
Berlin, Germany11th7.59 m
2010Barcelona, Spain6th8.09 m
2011Paris, France13th (q)7.81 m
Daegu, South Korea14th (q)8.01 m
2012Istanbul, Turkey6th7.88 m
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom29th (q)7.53 m
2013Gothenburg, Sweden5th8.00 m
Mersin, Turkey1st8.14 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th7.98 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland4th8.13 m
Zurich, Switzerland2nd8.15 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4th7.98 m

Notes and References

  1. Sampaolo, Diego (2009-07-04). Cusma double; Sdiri shows solid form again, 8.29m - Mediterranean Games, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-12.