Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus (born 26 May 1986) is a Swedish former
long jump
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Ullevi
Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the ...
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He was first in the long jump for Sweden in the 2010 European Team Championships First League section and went on to finish ninth in the event final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He started his 2011 indoor season in strong form, taking four straight wins, including a personal best of 8.13 m to win in front of a home crowd at the XL Galan.
He won his first senior medal in 2012, a
bronze
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at the
2012 European Athletics Championships
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in Helsinki. He then finished one centimetre behind a medal in the
long jump
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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He began 2013 in fine form breaking the Swedish indoor long jump record. He competed at the
2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013.
Bidding process
The decision to grant the event for Gothenburg was made by the European Athletics Council at ...
on home soil in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
, jumping a new national record of 8.27 metres in the first round, before jumping 8.29 metres in the final round, only two centimetres behind winner Aleksandr Menkov.
At the
2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena (Prague), O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
Bidding process
Prague was chosen as the host of the Championships on the European Athletics council ...
Tornéus won his first international gold medal, after beating the Swedish indoor record in the final.
At the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011.
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held in London, he obtained the 8th place in the men's long jump event, clearing 8.18 metres.
Tornéus retired in 2019.
Personal life
His father was born in
Democratic Republic of Congo
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Meänkieli
(literally 'our language'), or Tornedalian is a Finnic language or a group of distinct Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost part of Sweden, particularly along the Torne River Valley. It is officially recognized in Sweden as one of the ...
) speaking region of Torne Valley in Sweden. Tornéus' original athletics club is the Tullinge-Tumba finska förening ('' Finnish association of
Tullinge
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track and field
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