Gregor Cankar (born 25 January 1975) is a Slovenian track and field athlete competing in long jump who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He finished sixth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
His personal best jump is Slovene record, 8.40 metres, achieved in 1997 in his hometown Celje.
Achievements Representing 1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea20th (q)7.28 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)1993European Junior ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain16th (q)7.01 m1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 1st8.04 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s)European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland23rd (q)7.62 m1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain19th (q)7.65 mWorld ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden –NMUniversiade Fukuoka, Japan 3rd8.18 m (w)1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden4th8.01 mOlympic GamesAtlanta, United States6th8.11 m1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France7th8.02 mMediterranean Games Bari, Italy 1st8.00 mWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece –NMUniversiade Catania, Italy 3rd8.11 m1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th8.00 m1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan4th8.28 mWorld ChampionshipsSevilla, Spain 3rd8.36 m2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium5th7.94 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia15th (q)7.98 m2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada –NMMediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia –NM2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria9th (q)7.88 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany15th (q)7.64 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece39th (q)7.32 m
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