- Konstadinos Koukodimos
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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for 
GreeceEuropean Indoor Championships Silver 1994 Paris Long jump European Championships Bronze 1994 Helsinki Long jump Konstadinos "Kostas" Koukodimos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κουκοδήμος, born 14 September 1969) with origin from Pieria, Makedonia is a retired Greek long jumper. He was born in Melbourne, Australia.
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As athlete
Koukodimos 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.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes 1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 8th 1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 8th 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 9th 1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 4th 7.92 m World Championships Tokyo, Japan 12th Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 1st 1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 12th 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 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6th 8.00 m 1997 Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 2nd 1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 8th As politician
He is also politician and parliamentarian, elected with the party New Democracy in Pieria 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 in Pieria constituency.
References
- ^ "Εκανε ζούγκλα τους βουλευτές και δικαιώθηκε" (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 2008-01-26. http://www.enet.gr/online/online_hprint?id=37436816. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Εκθετοι Κουκοδήμος - Κλαδάς" (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 2008-02-13. http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=110,id=6556744. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Ανεξάρτητος ο Κουκοδήμος" (in Greek). ethnos.gr. 2008-01-31. http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=11378&subid=2&tag=8400&pubid=400412. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Ανεξάρτητος εξαρτημένος" (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 2008-02-01. http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=110,dt=01.02.2008,id=29781592. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Koukodimos becomes independent". Athens News Agency-Macedonian News Agency. 2008-01-31. http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6104253&maindocimg=6095308&service=96. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "MP’s jump cuts majority to one". eKathimerini.gr. 2008-02-01. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_1_01/02/2008_92866. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Greek conservatives cling to parliamentary majority after deputy quits party". The International Herald Tribune. 2008-01-31. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/31/europe/EU-POL-Greece-Conservatives.php. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "ND back to full strength". Kathimerini. 2008-07-23. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_23/07/2008_98840. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
External links
- Official website
- IAAF profile for Konstadinos Koukodimos
- Short bio
- Entry at the website of the Greek Parliament
Mediterranean Champions in Men's Long Jump 1949: Antonio Siddi (ITA) • 1951: Boris Brnad (YUG) • 1955: Luigi Ulivelli (ITA) • 1959: Ali Brakchi (FRA) • 1963: Luis Felipe Areta (ESP) • 1967: Miljenko Rak (YUG) • 1971: Jack Pani (FRA) • 1975: Nenad Stekić (YUG) • 1979: Nenad Stekić (YUG) • 1983: Dimitrios Delifotis (GRE) • 1987: Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (GRE) • 1991: Konstadinos Koukodimos (GRE) • 1993: Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE) • 1997: Gregor Cankar (SLO) • 2001: Siniša Ergotić (CRO) • 2005: Salim Sdiri (FRA) • 2009: Salim Sdiri (FRA)
Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Greek sportsperson–politicians
- Long jumpers
- Greek athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Greece
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Greek MPs 2007–2009
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Greek MPs 2009–
- Greek athletics biography stubs
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