Dimitrios Filindras

Dimitrios Filindras
Personal information
Full name Dimitrios Filindras
Nationality  Greece
Born (1973-02-09) 9 February 1973
Larissa, Greece
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump
Club Pelasgos Larissas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Long jump: 8.30 (2003)

Dimitrios Filindras (Greek: Δημήτριος Φιλινδράς; born February 9, 1973 in Larissa) is a retired Greek long jumper.[1] He was selected to compete for the host nation Greece's largest Olympic team in the men's long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also trained throughout his athletics career for the sport club Pelasgos Larissas.[2] In June 2003, Filindras recorded his best jump at 8.30 m from the Venizelia International Athletics Meet in Chania.[3]

Filindras qualified for the Greek squad in the men's long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by successfully jumping an Olympic A-standard of 8.30 m from the Venizelia International Athletics Meet in Chania.[3][4] Much to the delight from the immense Greek crowd inside the Olympic Stadium, Filindras started off abruptly with a foul, until he soared out to a legal leap at 7.45 m on his second attempt. Since his third jump was slightly shorter than his best by three centimetres, Filindras wound only to thirty-fifth spot in a field of forty-one athletes, and did not advance past the qualifying round.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dimitrios Filindras". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Largest ever Greek Olympic team confirmed". IAAF. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Σπουδαίες επιδόσεις στα “Βενιζέλεια” ΞΕΧΩΡΙΣΕ Ο ΦΙΛΙΝΔΡΑΣ ΜΕ ΤΟ 8.30 ΣΤΟ ΜΗΚΟΣ [Filindras delivered a remarkable long jump feat at 8.30 m in "Venizelia"] (in Greek). Patris.gr. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2015. line feed character in |script-title= at position 40 (help)
  4. ↑ "Tsiklitiria IAAF Super Grand Prix – Preview". IAAF. 21 June 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's Long Jump Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

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