Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou ( el, Μιλτιάδης Τεντόγλου ; born 18 March 1998) is a

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. He won the gold medal at the

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. In 2022, Tentoglou became the World Indoor champion jumping the current Greek indoor record of 8.55 metres, which places him sixth on the respective world all-time list, and took silver at the outdoor World Championships. He is a five-time European champion, winning two consecutive outdoor titles in

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and

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and a record three consecutive men's indoor titles between

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and

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. He was the 2016 World Under-20 Championships silver medallist, and 2017 European U20 and 2019 European U23 champion. Tentoglou was the

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long jump champion.

Career

Miltiadis Tentoglou has won five consecutive European titles: at the

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, where he became the youngest Greek man to win a continental gold, the 2019 European Indoor Championships in

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, the 2021 European Indoor Championships in

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, where he set a championship record in the process, and the 2023 European Indoor Championships in

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, where he became the first man in history to secure three consecutive long jump titles at a European Indoors. Tentoglou holds an outdoor personal best of .

Achievements

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles

* Diamond League long jump champion: Diamond blue

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: Monaco Herculis **

: Rabat Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme, Oslo Bislett Games, Stockholm BAUHAUS-galan, Chorzów Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (),

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National titles

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: 2017 (8.30 m ), 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 * Greek Indoor Athletics Championships: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

References

External links

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Official Tentoglou Family Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tentoglou, Miltiadis Living people 1998 births Greek male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Grevena Greek European Athletics champions (track and field) European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Greece World Athletics Indoor Championships winners