Christian Thomas (athlete)
Christian Thomas (born 31 March 1965) is a retired West German long jumper.
Thomas represented the sports club TV Heppenheim. His personal best jump was 8.21 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Germering.[1] 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 Nils Winter. [2]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  West Germany | |||||
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 15th | 7.48 m | |
| European Indoor Championships | Liévin, France | 3rd | 8.12 m | ||
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 9th | 7.75 m [3] | |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 4th | 7.88 m | |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 12th | 7.74 m (wind: 0.0m/s) | ||
| Representing Germany | |||||
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 20th (q) | 7.66 m (wind: +0.5m/s) | |
References
- Christian Thomas profile at IAAF
- ↑ World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)
- ↑ http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf
- ↑ 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
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