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{{short description|Mauritian long jumper|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox athlete
| name = Jonathan Chimier
| image =
| imagesize = 260px
| caption =
| nationality = [[Mauritius|Mauritian]]
| sport = [[Track and Field]]
| event  = [[Long Jump]], [[60 metres]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|08|06}}
| birth_place =[[Mauritius]]
| residence = [[Mauritius]]
| medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry | {{MRI}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[African Championships in Athletics]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2004 Brazzaville]] | [[Long Jump]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2008 Addis Ababa]] | [[Long Jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Francophone Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2001 Ottawa]] | [[Long Jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Indian Ocean Island Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 Reduit]] | [[Long Jump]]}}
}}

'''Jonathan James Chimier''' (born 6 August 1982) is a [[Mauritian]] [[long jump]]er who won the [[2004 African Championships in Athletics]].

His personal best jump is 8.28 metres, achieved while competing in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. This is the Mauritian record. He is also a sprinter and competes mainly in the [[60 metres]]. He holds the Mauritian record in the event with a time of 6.68 seconds ahead of [[Stephan Buckland]]'s 6.72.

==Achievements==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Meeting
!Venue
!Result
!Event
!Extra
|-
|1999
|African Junior Athletics Championships
|Tunis, Tunisia
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.44
|-
|2000
|Championnats Nationaux de Maurice
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.05
|-
|2000
|24° Trofeo Maurina
|Imperia, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.53
|-
|2000
|Meeting Pre-Olympic Warmup
|Sydney, Australia
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.16
|-
|2001
|African Junior Championships
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.48
|-
|2001
|African Junior Championships
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|4 × 100 m
|41.50
|-
|2001
|Meeting Trofeo Atletica Maurina
|Imperia, Italy
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump 
|7.70
|-
|2001
|Francophone Games
|Ottawa, Canada
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.65
|-
|2001
|Francophone Games
|Ottawa, Canada
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump Final
|7.89
|-
|2001
|Championnats de France Elite 
|Saint Etienne, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump Final
|8.03
|-
|2001
|Apres Midi Des Stars
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|400m
|49.39
|-
|2001
|Apres Midi Des Stars
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.48
|-
|2002
|Championnats de France N2
|Sotteville, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |5th
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.05
|-
|2002
|Meeting AcrobalenoAtleticaEuropa
|Celle Ligure, Italy
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |5th
|Long Jump
|7.42
|-
|2002
|IAAF Permit Meeting Russian Winter
|Moscow, Russia
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|60m
|6.72
|-
|2002
|IAAF Permit Meeting Russian Winter
|Moscow, Russia
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.57
|-
|2002
|Meeting de Valbonne
|Valbonne, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.56
|-
|2002 
|Championnats Nationaux Vital
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.59
|-
|2002 
|Air Mauritius International Meeting
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.74
|-
|2002
|Meeting EAP Altetica Geneve
|Geneva, Switzerland
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump 
|7.70
|-
|2002 
|Commonwealth Games
|Manchester, England
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.75
|-
|2002 
|Commonwealth Games
|Manchester, England
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |10th
|Long Jump Final
|7.49
|-
|2002 
|Commonwealth Games
|Manchester, England
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |6th
|4 × 100 m Semifinal
|40.05
|-
|2003
|Dakar Meeting
|Dakar, Senegal
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.45
|-
|2003
|Preparation meet, CIAD Dakar 
|Dakar, Senegal
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.52
|-
|2003
|Dakar Regional Championships
|Dakar, Senegal
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.60
|-
|2003
|Intersport Gugl Meeting
|Linz, Austria
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.85
|-
|2003
|Meeting de Marseille
|Marseille, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump 
|8.08
|-
|2003
|Meeting Internazionale Sestriere
|Sestriere, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|8.26
|-
|2004
|IAAF Permit Meeting Russian Winter
|Moscow, Russia
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |5th
|Long Jump
|7.72
|-
|2004
|Governor Cup
|Samara, Russia
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |7th
|Long Jump
|7.77
|-
|2004
|IAAF World Indoor Championships
|Budapest, Hungary
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |8th
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.78
|-
|2004
|Skyline International Meeting
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump 
|7.67
|-
|2004
|Rhythm'N'Jump Meeting
|Pierrelatte, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump
|7.80
|-
|2004
|Meeting Internazionale Citta di Lugano
|Lugano, Switzerland
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|8.10
|-
|2004
|Meeting Internazionale Citta di Avellino
|Avellino, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.79
|-
|2004
|CAA Grand Prix
|Algiers, Algeria
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|8.03
|-
|2004
|Meeting AcrobalenoAtleticaEuropa
|Celle Ligure, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.89
|-
|2004
|Meeting Internazionale Citta di Padova
|Padova, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.94
|-
|2004
|Meeting Internazionale Sestriere
|Sestriere, Italy
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|8.05
|-
|2004
|Meeting International Rabat
|Rabat, Morocco
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |5th
|Long Jump
|7.82
|-
|2004
|[[Meeting Internationale Resisprint]]
|La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |5th
|Long Jump
|7.28
|-
|2004
|Championnats de France Elite Indoor
|Aubiere, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.54
|-
|2004
|Championnats de France Elite Indoor
|Aubiere, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump Final
|8.05
|-
|2004
|African Athletics Championships
|Brazzaville, Congo
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|8.06
|-
|2004
|Athens Olympic Games
|Athens, Greece
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump Qualification
|8.28(NR)
|-
|2004
|Athens Olympic Games
|Athens, Greece
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |10th
|Long Jump Final
|8.03
|-
|2005
|Governor Cup
|Samara, Russia
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|7.83
|-
|2005
|Finnish Elite Games Series 
|Tampere, Finland
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.83
|-
|2005
|Interrégionaux Ile de France Seniors
|Bondoufle, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.75
|-
|2005
|Malser Sommer International Meeting
|Mals, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.93
|-
|2005
|Skyline International Meeting
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump 
|7.94
|-
|2005
|Skyline International Meeting
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |6th
|100m
|10.81
|-
|2005
|Sparkassen Cup
|Stuttgart, Germany
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.97
|-
|2005
|Critériums Nationaux des Spécialités
|Obernai, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.73
|-
|2005
|Chpt de France Interclubs N1A Hommes 
|Franconville, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|100m
|11.13
|-
|2005
|Chpt de France Interclubs N1A Hommes 
|Franconville, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|7.29
|-
|2005
|Meeting IAAF Gaz de France du Pas de Calais 
|Liévin, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|7.71
|-
|2005
|Dakar International Meeting
|Dakar, Senegal
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |7th
|Long Jump
|7.24
|-
|2005
|Meeting AcrobalenoAtleticaEuropa
|Celle Ligure, Italy
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|100m
|10.64
|-
|2005
|Memorial Josefa Odlozila
|Prague, Czech Republic
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump 
|7.85
|-
|2005
|IAAF World Athletics Championships
|Helsinki, Finland
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |7th
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.65
|-
|2006
|Championnats Regionaux en Salle
|Eaubonne, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|60m
|6.88
|-
|2006
|Championnats 75 Cad, Jun, Esp, Sen
|Paris, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.17
|-
|2006
|CAA Grand Prix Algiers
|Algiers, Algeria
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |7th
|Long Jump
|7.29
|-
|2006
|Meeting National D1 de Strasbourg
|Strasbourg, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|7.42
|-
|2006
|Sparkassen Cup
|Stuttgart, Germany
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |6th
|Long Jump
|7.65
|-
|2006
|Championnats Nationaux Interclubs Elite Finale
|Franconville, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.70
|-
|2006
|Meeting National à Thème de Pierre Bénite
|Pierre-Bénite, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.90
|-
|2006
|Meeting Rhythm'N'Jump
|Pierrelatte, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|8.07
|-
|2007
|Championnats Nationaux Interclubs Elite Finale
|Montreuil-sous-Bois, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|6.99
|-
|2007
|Championnats Départementaux (92 - 75)
|Paris, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.40
|-
|2007
|Meeting Rhythm'N'Jump
|Pierrelatte, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.56
|-
|2007
|Meeting National à Thème 13e Envol Trophée
|Pierre-Bénite, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.68
|-
|2007
|Championnats de France Elite
|Niort, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.74
|-
|2007
|Championnats Nationaux
|Tourlaville, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.39
|-
|2007
|Championnats Nationaux
|Tourlaville, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump Final
|7.95
|-
|2007
|7th Indian Ocean Island Games
|Antananarivo, Madagascar
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump Final
|7.86
|-
|2008
|Championnats Nationaux Interclubs Elite Finale
|Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Mauritius
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.37
|-
|2008
|Championnats Nationaux Interclubs Elite Finale
|Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Mauritius
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|100m 
|10.68
|-
|2008
|Mauritius International Meeting
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|100m 
|10.69
|-
|2008
|Mauritius International Meeting
|Reduit, Mauritius
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump 
|7.48
|-
|2008
|Championnats Regionaux en Salle
|Paris, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.50
|-
|2008
|Championnats Ile de France Senior
|Eaubonne, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.56
|-
|2008
|Championnats de France Elite en salle
|Bordeaux, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump Qualification
|7.49
|-
|2008
|Championnats de France Elite en salle
|Bordeaux, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump Final
|7.83
|-
|2008
|Meeting Gaz de France Clermont Auvergne
|Aubière, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump 
|7.70
|-
|2008
|Meeting du Conseil General de la Martinique
|Fort-de-Frances, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |6th
|Long Jump
|7.75
|-
|2008
|Championnats de France Elite
|Albi, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |5th
|Long Jump
|7.74
|-
|2008
|Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme
|Rabat, Morocco
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump
|7.67
|-
|2008
|Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting Anhalt
|Dessau, Germany
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |6th
|Long Jump
|7.78
|-
|2008
|Interclubs Elite/N1/N2 1er tour
|Versailles, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.55
|-
|2008
|Meeting qualificatif VDM-UAIN
|Nogent-sur-Marne, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.94
|-
|2008
|African Athletics Championships
|Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump Final 
|7.99
|-
|2009
|Chpt Regionaux en Salle
|Paris, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.20
|-
|2009
|Meeting Indoor de Mondeville
|Mondeville, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |7th
|Long Jump
|7.27
|-
|2009
|Interclubs 1er Tour : Elite/N1 C/N2
|Tremblay-en-France, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump
|6.94
|-
|2009
|Meeting National D1 de Montgeron
|Montgeron, France
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.46
|-
|2009
|Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme
|Rabat, Morocco
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |7th
|Long Jump
|7.57
|-
|2009
|Meeting National D1 GDF SUEZ
|Hérouville-St-Clair, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Long Jump
|7.54
|-
|2009
|Meeting National à Thème de Pierre Bénite
|Pierre Bénite, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Long Jump
|7.66
|-
|2009
|Meeting Aniversario Da Aal Estadio Do Inatel
|Lisbon, Portugal
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd
|Long Jump
|7.68
|-
|2010
|Interclubs 1er Tour Brassage N1
|Conflans-Ste-Honorine, France
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" |3rd
|Triple Jump
|14.55
|-
|2010
|Chpts Nationaux Interclubs Elite Finale
|Franconville, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|7.55
|-
|2010
|Meeting National D1 de Nantes
|Nantes, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |8th
|Long Jump
|6.94
|-
|2010
|Meeting National D1 d'Albertville 
|Albertville, France
|bgcolor="white" align="center" |4th
|Long Jump
|6.87
|-
|2011
|Interclubs Départementaux
|Franconville, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|Triple Jump
|14.49
|-
|2011
|Interclubs Départementaux
|Franconville, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|100m
|11.55
|-
|2011
|Championnats départementaux en salle 75 et 93
|Eaubonne, France
|bgcolor="gold" align="center"|1st
|Long Jump
|7.03
|}

===Personal Bests===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Date
!Event
!Venue
!Time/Mark
|-
|23 February 2003
|[[60 metres]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|6.68 (National record)
|-
|27 March 2002
|[[100 metres]]
|[[Bamako]], [[Mali]]
|10.36   
|-
|24 August 2004
|[[Long Jump]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|8.28m  (National record)
|-
|22 February 2004
|[[Long Jump Indoor]]
|[[Aubiere]], [[France]]
|8.05m  (National record)
|-
|Unknown
|[[Long Jump Juniors Mauritius]]
|Unknown
|7.89   (National record)
|}

==References==
{{World Athletics}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mauritian male long jumpers]]
[[Category:Mauritian male sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Mauritius]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Mauritius]]