Louis Tsatoumas (, born 12 February 1982) is a Greek long jumper.
Biography He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal ending in second place after the Italian record-breaking Andrew Howe. On 2 June 2007 in Kalamata Tsatoumas jumped 8.66metres, achieving a personal best and a Greek record for the event. The performance was the best in the world since Iván Pedroso leaped 8.70m 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 he had the longest qualifying jump with 8.27m, but after three consecutive fouls in the final he finished in last place. He was the bronze medallist at both the 2009 Mediterranean Games and 2009 European Team Championships.Sampaolo, Diego (2009-07-04). Cusma double; Sdiri shows solid form again, 8.29m - Mediterranean Games, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-12. He represented Greece at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching the final round, but finished only eleventh overall. At the 2010 European Athletics Championships he was sixth.
In 2014 Tsatoumas set a Greek indoor record of 8.23m to win the national indoor title.
Personal bests EventPerformanceDateVenueLong jump (NR)2 June 2007Kalamata, GreeceLong jump (indoor) February 2014Pireas, Greece
International competitions Representing 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland4th7.54 m2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile21st (q)7.15 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)2001European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy1st7.98 m (w)2003European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland1st8.24 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)World Championships Paris, France12th7.72 mWorld Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco8th7.22 m2004World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary25th (q)7.34 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece22nd (q)7.81 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, SpainfinalNM2006World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia4th8.10 mEuropean Championships Gothenburg, Sweden8th7.84 mWorld Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 3rd8.29 m2007European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd8.02 m2008World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain10th (q)7.77 mOlympic GamesBeijing, ChinafinalNM2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy12th (q)7.79 mMediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 3rd8.20 mWorld Championships Berlin, Germany11th7.59 m2010European Championships Barcelona, Spain6th8.09 m2011European Indoor Championships Paris, France13th (q)7.81 mWorld Championships Daegu, South Korea14th (q)8.01 m2012World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey6th7.88 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom29th (q)7.53 m2013European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden5th8.00 mMediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey1st8.14 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th7.98 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland4th8.13 mEuropean Championships Zurich, Switzerland 2nd8.15 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4th7.98 m
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