Șerban Ciochină (30 November 1939 – April 2023) was a Romanian

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

athlete who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Ciochină achieved fifth place at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, in the men's triple jump competition. He was also European Champion in Dortmund, Germany in 1966. He won the Romanian triple jump championship six years in a row from 1963 to 1968 and also won the British

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title at the

1968 AAA Championships The 1968 AAA Championships was the 1968 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 12 to 13 July 1968 at White City Stadium in London, England. Summary The ...

. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented

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in the triple jump again. Ciochină died in April 2023, at the age of 83.

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Şerban Ciochină
1939 births 2023 deaths Athletes from Bucharest Romanian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub