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Georgian long jumper (born 1993)
Bachana Khorava
Personal information
Born (1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 31)
Chkhorotsqu, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump

Bachana Khorava (Georgian: ბაჩანა ხორავა; born 15 March 1993) is a Georgian athlete specialising in the long jump. He represented 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 8.24 metres outdoors (+1.3 m/s, Tbilisi 2021) 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 Championships of the Small States of Europe Marsa, Malta 1st Long jump 8.02 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (q) Long jump 7.77 m
2018 Championships of the Small States of Europe Schaan, Liechtenstein 3rd 100 m 10.74 s
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 14th (q) Long jump 7.46 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (q) Long jump 7.41 m
2022 Championships of the Small States of Europe Marsa, Malta 4th Medley relay 1:58.45
2nd Long jump 7.57 m

References

  1. 2016 Olympic bio Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bachana Khorava at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata


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