Atanas Chochev

Atanas Chochev (born January 17, 1957) is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper and long jumper.

His personal best jump was 8.19 metres, achieved in July 1981 in Sofia. This ranks him seventh among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov, Nikolay Atanasov, Petar Dachev, Nikolay Antonov and Galin Georgiev.[1] In the triple jump he had 16.86 metres from Sofia 1980.[2]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 4th Triple jump[3]
Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 6th Triple jump[4]
1981 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 8th Long jump[5]
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 8th Long jump[6]
European Championships Athens, Greece 7th Long jump

References

  1. All time best Balkan athletes, men - The Athletics Site
  2. World men's all-time best triple jump (last updated 2001)
  3. 1980 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  4. 1980 Summer Olympics, men's results - Sporting Heroes
  5. 1981 European Indoor Championships, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  6. 1982 European Indoor Championships, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite



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