Jan Leitner

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Jan Leitner (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈlajtnɛr]) (born September 14, 1953 in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia) is a retired long jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. His greatest achievements were gold medals at the European Indoor and World Indoor Championships in 1984 and 1985.

Major achievements

1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	18th
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st
1985	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd

References

Jan Leitner profile at IAAF
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v t e World Indoor Champions in Men's Long Jump

1985: Jan Leitner (TCH) 1987 – 1989: Larry Myricks (USA) 1991: Dietmar Haaf (GER) 1993 – 2001: Iván Pedroso (CUB) 2003: Dwight Phillips (USA) 2004: Savanté Stringfellow (USA) 2006: Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) 2008: Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) 2010: Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 2012: Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)

European Indoor Champions in men's long jump

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: Hans Baumgartner (FRG)
1978: László Szalma (HUN)
1979: Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS)
1980: Winfried Klepsch (FRG)
1981: Rolf Bernhard (SUI)
1982: Henry Lauterbach (GDR)
1983: László Szalma (HUN)
1984: Jan Leitner (URS)
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: Dmitriy Bagryanov (RUS)
1994: Dietmar Haaf (GER)
1996: Māris Bružiks (LAT)
1998: Olexiy 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)

Persondata
Name	Leitner, Jan
Alternative names
Short description	Czechoslovak long jumper
Date of birth	September 14, 1953
Place of birth
Date of death
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