Bachana Khorava

Bachana Khorava
Personal information
Born (1993-03-15) 15 March 1993
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump

Bachana Khorava (Georgian: ბაჩანა ხორავა; born 15 March 1993) is a Georgian athlete specialising in the long jump.[2] He is set to represent his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, he won the long jump competition as part of team Georgia at the 2015 European Games (European Team Championships Third League) and won the bronze at the 2015 European U23 Championships. Earlier in his career he competed primarily in sprinting events.

His personal bests in the long jump are 8.02 metres outdoors (+1.0 m/s, Marsa 2016) and 8.25 metres indoors (Tbilisi 2016). The latter is the current national record.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Georgia
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 60th (h) 100 m 11.34
40th (h) 200 m 22.53
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 12th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.58
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 15th (q) Long jump 7.63 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd Long jump 7.97 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (q) Long jump 7.77 m

References

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