Piraeus Street Long Jump today at the Piraeus Municipal Theater with Miltos Tedoglou

Municipal Theater of Piraeus, Sunday, June 4. Where energy meets the passion and adrenaline of top long jump athletes. Where the element of sea and air become one with history, at Piraeus Street Long Jump. THE Municipality of Piraeus and YOU join forces for the premier long jump event outside the stadium.

In the new high-level event, great athletes from Greece and abroad are expected to be present, with the world’s top jumper, Olympic gold medalist and world long jump champion Milto Tedoglou, to have already confirmed his participation in his first open track race in Greece. The Piraeus Street Long Jump has already joined the series World Athletics Continental Tour in category Silver and will accommodate both the Men’s length as much as and Women, with the iconic Municipal Theater of Piraeus to be a pole of attraction for young and old.

In the context of its conduct Piraeus Street Long Jump, The Mayor of Piraeus, Mr. Yiannis Moralis welcomed today at Piraeus City Hall with President of SEGAS, Mrs. Sofia Sakorafa, her Vice-Mayor of Extroversion Ms. Adriana Zarakeli, him President of O.P.A.N. Mr. Iosif Vourakis and the His adviser on sports matters, Mr. Nikos Gemelos, the Olympic gold medalist and world champion in the long jump Milto Tedoglou and the Federal jumping coach and coach of Miltos Tedoglou Mr. George Pomaski.

Revival of the long jump 167 years later

According to the historical document document, under the title “Games set five – the ‘unknown Olympians’ of 1856”, in 1856 the following five events were held in Piraeus: the jump, the long jump, the discus throw (stone throw), running and wrestling.

THE Piraeus revives the sport of long jump with the Piraeus Street Long Jump in the Municipal Theater of Piraeus, attracting the world’s top jumpers to one of Europe’s largest ports. The organization has joined the panorama of events “Sea Days 2023” of Municipality of Piraeus and will be held under its co-organization Municipality of Piraeus, of YOU and his Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the Municipality of Piraeus (OPAN).

Top names attend

In the Piraeus Street Long Jump great names of the long jump will take part such as: the Swede Thobias Montler (1 Diamond League winner, world championship silver medalist), the Serb Strahinja Jovancevic (European bronze champion), the Croatian Marco Czech (individual record: 8.04m), the Uzbek Anvar Anvarov (individual record: 8.01m), the Bulgarian Bozhidar Saraboyukov (individual record: 7.97m), the German Max Kottmann (individual record: 7.79), o Nikos Stamatonikolos (individual record: 7.62m), the Swede Eric Johansson (individual record: 7.52m), o Konstantinos Veltsis (Paralympian, individual record: 6.82m), the Swede Khaddi Sagna (No. 5 in the world ranking), Romania Alina Rotaru–Kottmann (individual record: 6.91m), Serva Milica Gardasevic (European U20 champion), Cyprus Filippa Kviten (2 times champion of Cyprus), n Spyridoula Karydis (European U20 champion), Bulgaria Plamena Mitkova (U18 world champion), the Swede Tilde Johansson (European U18 & U20 champion), Serbia Angelina Topic (bronze medal in European championship) and Anastasia Sarlani (individual record: 6.30m).

The program

All cooperating bodies hope to organize a competition, which will arouse the interest of the top jumpers and at the same time catch the eyes of hundreds of citizens as the viewing will be free for the public. The Piraeus Street Long Jump is the first non-stadium long race to be held in our country.

Her Sunday June 4, at 5:00 p.m. will become o Women’s match and on 6:30 p.m. will become o Men’s race. The organization will have live television coverage at 6:30 p.m. from the channel MEGA.

See it here teaser video of the organization:

Statements follow.

Yiannis Moralis-Mayor of Piraeus: “We are particularly happy that a major, international sports event, with the stamp of SEGAS, with the best athletes in the world and the participation of our Olympian Miltos Tedoglou, will take place in front of the emblematic Municipal Theater of Piraeus. The lights of world sports will be focused on that day in our city. Piraeus has now proven that it is a city that can successfully organize or host top international competitions. It is something we pursue and systematically work on. I invite people to come to Piraeus and watch this unique sporting spectacle up close, as it is the first time that a race of this level is held outside the stadium in Greece. I would like to thank the President of SEGAS Sofia Sakorafa for our excellent cooperation, my Advisor Nikos Gemelos for his valuable contribution to this great event, as well as the television station Megand Vangelis Marinakis for his live broadcast Piraeus Street Long Jump».

Sophia Sakorafa–Chairman YOU: “The Greek sportsmen and women athletes have managed to highlight once again the dynamics of Greek Athletics. The medals, as well as the constant presence of Greek sportsmen and women in the world’s top competitions, have once again highlighted athletics as one of the most popular sports in our country. The dynamics of Classical Sports is now also reflected in the presence of the world in the domestic competitions as well as in the fact that every year important new competitions are organized in our country. One of them is the International Meeting with the name “Piraeus Street Long Jump”, belonging to the World Athletics Federation series of events World Continental Tour / Europe Silver and which will add extra glamor to the intense racing action. A sports event that will take place in front of the emblematic Municipal Theater of Piraeus, marking the unification of culture and sports. SEGAS expresses its satisfaction for the cooperation with the Municipality of Piraeus in our joint effort to grow the athletics family even more. To lead our children to the stadiums but at the same time to create unique sporting events that the Greek society will enjoy. I am sure that this new meeting is here to stay and to write its own history on the country’s sports scene.”

Andriana Zarakeli – Deputy Mayor for Outreach, Tourism and European Programs: “I am glad that our city will host it Piraeus Street Long Jump, a top sporting event with the participation of our Olympian Miltos Tedoglou and other great athletes, which is part of the celebration of the Sea Days 2023. This Sunday the spotlight of world sport will be on Piraeus, which in recent years has become a focal point major sporting events. The Sea Days, this great festival-institution for our city, is gaining even more prestige and we feel particularly proud of it.”

Joseph BourakHis-President O.P.A.N.: “In the years that have passed, during our tenure at the municipal authority, we have proven that we want and can make Piraeus the protagonist! This is how we arrive at today and the moment when they are transforming the center of Piraeus and welcoming the greatest jumping athletes worldwide. We will all be there to applaud the effort of Miltos Tedoglou and the other athletes in a unique spectacle that will happen for the first time in Greece!”.

Nikos Gemelos–Advisor to the Mayor of Piraeus on sports matters: “This is a unique sporting event that the whole world deserves to watch. The Municipality of Piraeus will be at the center of world sports hosting the top stars in the field of long jump. It is our honor to have these great athletes in our city and we hope for perfect cooperation with all the co-organizers so that the Piraeus Street Long Jump to become an institution”.

Miltos Tedoglou – Olympic gold medalist and world champion in the long jump: “It will be a strong race, as apart from me, there are excellent long jumpers participating. It won’t be me and the others, but everyone together. There will be nice jumps and big jumps. Let people come to see us. Such events of length are often done abroad, here we were mainly used to the pole. I’m sure that people will enjoy the spectacle, since you don’t see such jumps and such athletes every day.”

Giorgos Pomaski – Federal jumping coach and coach of Miltos Tedoglou : “It is important that such competitions take place in Greece as they give the world the opportunity to see great athletes up close. Athletes need such competitions before the big event like the World championship. The world will be so close to the efforts of the athletes, that they will see how difficult it is to get so far. He will also feel that he is participating in their effort. I am sure that the performances that will take place on Sunday will compensate the people who will be in the Municipal Theater of Piraeus. We thank the Mayor of Piraeus, Yiannis Moralis, who supported this effort from the beginning.”