Konstandinos Koukodimos
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Greece | ||
European Indoor Championships | ||
1994 Paris | Long jump | |
European Championships | ||
1994 Helsinki | Long jump |
Konstadinos "Kostas" Koukodimos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κουκοδήμος, born 14 September 1969 in Melbourne, Australia) is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician..
Koukodimos, who was raised in Pieria, Central Macedonia, is best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships. His personal best is 8.36 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Khania.
He is also politician and parliamentarian, elected with the party New Democracy in the Pieria constituency in 2007. In January 2008, the journalist Makis Triantafyllopoulos revealed that Koukodimos was calling him and other journalists of the Proto Thema in order to cover the scandal that broke up with Christos Zachopoulos's case.[1][2] Koukodimos was forced to leave the New Democracy's parliamentary team and participate in the Greek parliament as independent.[3][4][5][6][7] He returned to New Democracy's parliamentary team after six months.[8]
He was re-elected MP in elections of 2009 and of May 2012 in Pieria constituency.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 8th | 7.58 m | |
1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 8th | 7.42 m (wind: +1.2 m/s) | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 9th | 7.79 m (wind: -0.4m/s) | |
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 4th | 7.92 m | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 12th | 7.92 m | ||
Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece | 1st | 8.26 m | ||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 12th | 7.70 m | |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 8.04 m | ||
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 8.09 m | |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 8.01 m (wind: +0.2m/s) | ||
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | 8.00 m | |
1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | 7.95 m | |
1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 8th | 7.74 m |
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- Konstandinos Koukodimos profile at IAAF
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