Kafétien Gomis (born 23 March 1980 in Saint-Quentin, Aisne) is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010. He finished ninth at the

2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sym ...

, seventh at the 2005 Summer Universiade, fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and fourth at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his qualification pool. He came fourth at the

2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

with an indoor personal best of 8.12 metres and he represented France later that year at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

(although he did not make the final). He was knocked out in the qualification round at the

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010. Bidding and organisation ...

but he excelled outdoors that season, jumping a best of 8.24 m to win the silver medal at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, C ...

– his first major medal.Remarkable Reif leaps to record
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(2010-08-01). Retrieved on 2010-08-02.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

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* 1980 births Living people French male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for France Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France People from Saint-Quentin, Aisne Sportspeople from Aisne 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-longjump-bio-stub