Christian Thomas (long jumper)

Christian Thomas (born 31 March 1965) is a retired West German long jumper.

Thomas represented the sports club TV Heppenheim. His personal best jump was 8.21 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Germering.[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m27.htm World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)] This ranks him tenth among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge, Konstantin Krause, Dietmar Haaf, Ron Beer and Uwe Lange, and equal to Georg Ackermann and Nils Winter.{{cite web |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-01-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031090009/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archivedate=2008-10-31 }}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{FRG}}
rowspan=2\|1987 \|World Indoor Championships \|Indianapolis, United States \|align="center" \| 15th \|7.48 m
European Indoor Championships \|Liévin, France \|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" \| 3rd \|8.12 m
1989 \|European Indoor Championships \|The Hague, Netherlands \|align="center" \| 9th \|7.75 m [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1989/m89_21.html 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
rowspan=2\|1990 \|European Indoor Championships \|Glasgow, Scotland \|align="center" \| 4th \|7.88 m
European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \|align="center" \| 12th \|7.74 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
colspan="6"\|Representing {{GER}}
1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|20th (q) \|7.66 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)

colspan="6"|Representing {{FRG}}

rowspan=2|1987

|World Indoor Championships

|Indianapolis, United States

|align="center" | 15th

|7.48 m

European Indoor Championships

|Liévin, France

|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd

|8.12 m

1989

|European Indoor Championships

|The Hague, Netherlands

|align="center" | 9th

|7.75 m [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1989/m89_21.html 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

rowspan=2|1990

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, Scotland

|align="center" | 4th

|7.88 m

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|align="center" | 12th

|7.74 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)

colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}

1994

|European Championships