Izmir Smajlaj
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29 March 1993 Shkodër, Albania | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Izmir Smajlaj (born 29 March 1993) is an Albania athlete specialising in the long jump.[1] 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 record of 8.08 metres.
His personal bests in the event are 8.03 metres outdoors (+0.6 m/s, Elbasan 2016) and 8.08 metres indoors (Belgrade 2017). In addition, he has a personal best of 16.30 metres in the triple jump. All three marks are current national records.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Albania | |||||
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | – | Long jump | NM |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 24th (q) | Long jump | 7.55 m |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 22nd (q) | Long jump | 7.56 m |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 9th | Long jump | 7.75 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21st (q) | Long jump | 7.72 m | |
| 2017 | European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Long jump | 8.08 m |
References
- ↑ Izmir Smajlaj profile at IAAF
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