Christopher Mitrevski

Christopher Mitrevski (born 12 July 1996) is an Australian long jumper and sprinter. He is a two-time World Athletics Championships qualifier for Australia, and he was the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships gold medallist in the long jump.

After winning the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships, he struggled with technical issues. His jumps at the 2022 Commonwealth Games were long enough to win the gold medal, but he jumped so far behind the board that he only finished 9th. He achieved his best World Athletics Championships placing in 2023, missing the finals by one centimetre.

Career

Mitrevski began long jumping as early as 2007, and he finished 3rd at the 2016 Australian U20 Championships. In his first senior nationals at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships, he competed in both the 100 metres and long jump, reaching the semifinals of the former and placing 10th overall in the latter. He placed 5th in the long jump the following year, failing to make the Australian team at the 2016 Olympics.

Mitrevski won his first national title at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships in April, qualifying him for the World University Games where he finished 4th in the long jump. He defended his title at the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships, and went on to compete at that year's Commonwealth Games. At the Games, he qualified for the finals and finished 6th.

He won his first international medal at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships, finishing 3rd behind winner Henry Smith. At the 2019 World University Games, he again finished just outside of the long jump medals in 5th.

Due to a technical issue, Mitrevski struggled following 2019 and did not set another personal best in the long jump until 2022. Though there were a "multitude of reasons" for the issue, Mitrevski was not able to jump without over-rotating, failing to clear 8 metres in most of his attempts during this time. Due to the issue, he was not able to qualify for the Australian 2021 Olympic team.

Mitrevski returned to form to win the 2022 Australian Athletics Championships and the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. In his first World Championships in Eugene, he finished 16th in the qualification round and did not advance to the finals. He finished his season by competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, finishing 9th in the finals despite being ranked as the #1 seed coming in to the competition. He leapt far behind the board in his Commonwealth attempts, with commentator Dave Culbert saying that he could have jumped 50 cm farther had he taken off closer to the launch board. In particular, it was noted that his 7.70 m jump would have placed him in gold medal position had he jumped closer to the board.

In 2023, Mitrevski finished just 4th at the Australian Championships but nonetheless qualified for the 2023 World Championships. This time, he improved his qualification placing to 13th but still did not make the finals by just one centimetre. He finished 7th at the 2023 Weltklasse Zürich before ending his season.

Personal life

Mitrevski is from Victoria, Australia where he studied marketing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He trains with the Athletics Essendon club and is coached by John Boas. He drew inspiration from Mitchell Watt, the Oceania long jump record-holder.

Mitrevski works as a media analyst for Wavemaker Australia.

In early 2024 he was engaged to Ruby Perrotta

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Living people
1996 births
21st-century Australian sportspeople
Australian male long jumpers
Australian male sprinters
World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Australian Athletics Championships winners
Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Australian people of Macedonian descent
Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Australia