Nils Winter (born 27 March 1977 in Buxtehude) is a German long jumper.
He finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships. Before this he had competed at the 2003 World Championships, 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.
His personal best jump is 8.21 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Bad Langensalza. This ranks him tenth among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge, Konstantin Krause, Dietmar Haaf, Ron Beer and Uwe Lange, and equal to Georg Ackermann and Christian Thomas.
Competition record Representing 2003World Championships Paris, France21st (q)7.80 m2004World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary10th (q)7.95 mOlympic Games Athens, Greece31st (q)7.51 m2005European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain7th7.80 mWorld Championships Helsinki, Finland12th7.72 mUniversiade İzmir, Turkey16th (q)7.41 m2007European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom7th7.88 m2009European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy2nd8.22 mWorld Championships Berlin, Germany34th (q)7.69 m2011European Indoor Championships Paris, France19th (q)7.61 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland22nd (q)7.71 m
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