Louis Tsatoumas ( el, Λούης Τσάτουμας, born 12 February 1982) is a Greek

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er.

Biography

He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the

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, where he claimed the

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behind an Italian record-breaking

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. On 2 June 2007 in

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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

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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 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

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

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list at both the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inte ...

and

2009 European Team Championships The first European Athletics Team Championships took place on 20 and 21 June 2009. The track and field athletics tournament run by European Athletics was the successor of the old European Cup competition which was held annually until 2008. The Ch ...

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

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. Retrieved on 2009-07-12. He represented Greece at the

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, reaching the final round, but finished only eleventh overall. 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, Cat ...

he was sixth. In 2014 Tsatoumas set a Greek indoor record of 8.23 m to win the national indoor title.

Personal bests

International competitions

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsatoumas, Louis 1982 births Living people Greek male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Greece European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics People from Messini Sportspeople from the Peloponnese