Nikolaos "Nikos" Stamatonikolos (Greek: Νικόλαος Σταματονικολός; born 28 February 2003) is a Greek long jumper. His first major game was when he represented Greece at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in long jumping. In 2025, Nikos went head-to-head with the number one Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou at the Dromeia 2025. That same game he got a personal best of 8.14m, before Tentoglou surpassed him with 8.19m in the last attempt.
Early life Nikolaos Stamatonikolos was born in Ilioupoli, Athens, on 28 February 2003. Nikos has a younger brother Andreas Stamatonikolos. He studied at the Department of Technical Medical Instruments of IEK AKMI, with a scholarship of SEGAS. In 2018, Nikos began training with coach Panagiotis Baltadoros.
Career Nikos won the gold medal in the Balkan Athletics U20 Championships of 2022. That same year, Nikos won the gold medal in the 2022 Panhellenic U20 Championship. In August, Nikos finished 9th in the qualification rounds and 12th in the finals for the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's long jump. In a 2022 interview with Metrosport they said "Talented, kind and confident. The Greek athlete of length, Nikos Stamatonikolos, comes from a full season in 2022."
In July 2023, at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's long jump Nikos was 16th in the qualification rounds. In the Panhellenic Men in Close Indoor Championship 2023 and the Panhellenic Athletics Championship 2023 long jumping, Nikos got a silver medal in both. In the Piraeus Street Long Jump of 2023 he was 6th.
In the 2024 Tsatoumas Street Long Jump in Kalakata, Nikos was 8th. In the 2024 Panhellenic Men Athletics Indoor Championships, he got a silver medal. In February 2024, he represented Greece at the Balkan Indoor Championships in Istanbul, and got a 7.70 m. In 2024, Nikolaos and his brother Andreas Stamatonikolos, competed in the 41st Athens Marathon of 2024.
In the Dromeia 2025, Nikos got 8.14m, with the number one Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou surpassed him with 8.19m in the last attempt. In a 2025 interview with Sport24, they said "The best Greek of all time. It's a title of honor and let alone in the season of a great athlete." Nikos attended the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham getting 10th place, and the Athletics at the 2026 Mediterranean Games getting 6th place.
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