Izmir Smajlaj
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Nickname | Izo Toqi | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31) Shkodër, Albania | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
Club | K.S TIRONA | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Besim Lekaj , Albert Marashi | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Izmir Smajlaj (born 29 March 1993) is an Albanian athlete who specialises in the long jump.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, the first gold medal for his country at a major athletics competition, setting a new national and personal record of 8.08 metres in 2017.
His personal bests in the long jump are:
- 8.16 metres outdoors (NWI, 2021) in Tirana. (new national record)
- 8.11 metres outdoors (–0.7 m/s wind, 2019) in Shkodër. (new national record)
- 8.08 metres indoors (2017) – First place in long jump competition, gold medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, Belgrade, Serbia[2]
- 7.93 metres indoors (2018) – First place in long jump competition, gold medal at the Balkan Indoor Championships, Istanbul, Turkey
- 7.89 metres outdoors (2018) – First place in long jump competition, gold medal and best olympic athlete of the match[clarification needed] at the Albanian Athletics Outdoor Championships, Elbasan, Albania
- 7.89 metres outdoors (2018) – 7.83 metres outdoors ( 2024 )
First place in long jump competition, gold medal and title of "Best athlete male of the competition" at Small States of Europe,The Championships of the Small States of Europe (CSSE) is a biennial competition in outdoor track and field organised by the Athletic Association of Small States of Europe (AASE). First held in 2016, the competition is held on alternate years with the Games of the Small States of Europe.[clarification needed] Liechtenstein
In addition, in the triple jump, he has a personal best of 16.30 metres outdoors (-0.2 m/s wind; 2016; Elbasan, Albania) and 15.15 metres indoors (2014; Tirana, Albania).[2] All the first three marks[which?] are current national records.
International competitions
References
- ^ a b "Izmir Smailaj". eurosport.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Izmir Smajlaj at World Athletics
- ^ "Smajlaj, gold medal in Lichtenstein". top-channel.tv. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "Result of Balkan indoor Championships" (PDF). March 5, 2022.
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Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1967:
Lynn Davies (GBR)
- 1968:
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1969:
Klaus Beer (GDR)
- 1970:
Tõnu Lepik (URS)
- 1971:
Hans Baumgartner (FRG)
- 1972:
Max Klauß (GDR)
- 1973:
Hans Baumgartner (FRG)
- 1974:
Jean-François Bonhème (FRA)
- 1975:
Jacques Rousseau (FRA)
- 1976:
Jacques Rousseau (FRA)
- 1977:
László Szalma (HUN)
- 1978:
László Szalma (HUN)
- 1979:
Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS)
- 1980:
Winfried Klepsch (FRG)
- 1981:
Rolf Bernhard (SUI)
- 1982:
Henry Lauterbach (GDR)
- 1983:
Gyula Pálóczi (TCH)
- 1984:
Jan Leitner (TCH)
- 1985:
Gyula Pálóczi (HUN)
- 1986:
Robert Emmiyan (URS)
- 1987:
Robert Emmiyan (URS)
- 1988:
Frans Maas (NED)
- 1989:
Emiel Mellaard (NED)
- 1990:
Dietmar Haaf (GER)
- 1992:
Dmitry Bagryanov (RUS)
- 1994:
Dietmar Haaf (GER)
- 1996:
Māris Bružiks (LAT)
- 1998:
Oleksy Lukashevych (UKR)
- 2000:
Petar Dachev (BUL)
- 2002:
Raúl Fernández (ESP)
- 2005:
Joan Lino Martínez (ESP)
- 2007:
Andrew Howe (ITA)
- 2009:
Sebastian Bayer (GER)
- 2011:
Sebastian Bayer (GER)
- 2013:
Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)
- 2015:
Michel Tornéus (SWE)
- 2017:
Izmir Smajlaj (ALB)
- 2019:
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2021:
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2023:
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
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