Konstandinos Koukodimos

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Medal record
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Konstandinos "Kostas" Koukodimos (Template:Langx, born 14 September 1969 in Melbourne) is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician, who served as the mayor of Katerini, Macedonia from 2019 to 2023. He was named the 1991 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. His family has hails from Agios Dimitrios, Pieria.

Koukodimos, who was raised in Pieria, Central Macedonia, 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.

He is also a politician and former member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected for New Democracy in the Pieria constituency in 2007. In January 2008, the journalist Makis Triantafyllopoulos revealed that Koukodimos was calling him and other journalists of the Proto Thema newspaper to cover the Christos Zachopoulos scandal.[1][2] As a result, Koukodimos was forced to leave New Democracy's parliamentary group and participate in parliament as an independent.[3][4][5][6][7] He returned to New Democracy's parliamentary team after six months.[8]

He was re-elected to parliament in the elections of 2009, May 2012, June 2012, January 2015 and September 2015.

On 2 June 2019, he was elected mayor of Katerini, defeating the incumbent Template:Interlanguage link with a majority of 54.44% in the second round of voting.[9] He was sworn in on 31 August and his term, like that of all other Greek mayors, officially commenced on 1 September.[10]

International competitions

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1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 8th 7.58 m
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 8th 7.42 m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 9th 7.79 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 4th 7.92 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 12th 7.92 m
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 1st 8.26 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 12th 7.70 m
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 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6th 8.00 m
1997 Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 2nd 7.95 m
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 8th 7.74 m

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