Chris Mitrevski

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Chris Mitrevski
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Mitrevski
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Australia
Born12 July 1996 (28 years, 97 days old) [1]
Home town Victoria, Australia [2]
Education
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump
100 metres
ClubAthletics Essendon [3]
Coached byJohn Boas [4]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal best(s) LJ :
8.21 m (+0.8) (2022)

100m :
10.27 (+1.0) (2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Oceania Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Townsville Long jump
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Mackay Long jump
Updated on 20 February 2024

Christopher Mitrevski (born 12 July 1996) is an Australian long jumper and sprinter. He is a two-time World Athletics Championships qualifier for Australia, and he was the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships gold medallist in the long jump.

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After winning the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships, he struggled with technical issues. His jumps at the 2022 Commonwealth Games were long enough to win the gold medal, but he jumped so far behind the board that he only finished 9th. He achieved his best World Athletics Championships placing in 2023, missing the finals by one centimetre.

Career

Mitrevski began long jumping as early as 2007, and he finished 3rd at the 2016 Australian U20 Championships. [5] [4] In his first senior nationals at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships, he competed in both the 100 metres and long jump, reaching the semifinals of the former and placing 10th overall in the latter. [6] He placed 5th in the long jump the following year, failing to make the Australian team at the 2016 Olympics. [7]

Mitrevski won his first national title at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships in April, qualifying him for the World University Games where he finished 4th in the long jump. [2] He defended his title at the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships, and went on to compete at that year's Commonwealth Games. At the Games, he qualified for the finals and finished 6th. [3]

He won his first international medal at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships, finishing 3rd behind winner Henry Smith. [8] At the 2019 World University Games, he again finished just outside of the long jump medals in 5th. [9] [10]

Due to a technical issue, Mitrevski struggled following 2019 and did not set another personal best in the long jump until 2022. Though there were a "multitude of reasons" for the issue, Mitrevski was not able to jump without over-rotating, failing to clear 8 metres in most of his attempts during this time. [4] Due to the issue, he was not able to qualify for the Australian 2021 Olympic team.

Mitrevski returned to form to win the 2022 Australian Athletics Championships and the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. [11] In his first World Championships in Eugene, he finished 16th in the qualification round and did not advance to the finals. He finished his season by competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, finishing 9th in the finals despite being ranked as the #1 seed coming in to the competition. [12] He leapt far behind the board in his Commonwealth attempts, with commentator Dave Culbert saying that he could have jumped 50 cm farther had he taken off closer to the launch board. In particular, it was noted that his 7.70 m jump would have placed him in gold medal position had he jumped closer to the board. [13]

In 2023, Mitrevski finished just 4th at the Australian Championships but nonetheless qualified for the 2023 World Championships. This time, he improved his qualification placing to 13th but still did not make the finals by just one centimetre. [14] He finished 7th at the 2023 Weltklasse Zürich before ending his season. [1]

Personal life

Mitrevski is from Victoria, Australia where he studied marketing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. [2] [3] He trains with the Athletics Essendon club and is coached by John Boas. He drew inspiration from Mitchell Watt, the Oceania long jump record-holder. [3]

Mitrevski works as a media analyst for Wavemaker Australia. [4]

In early 2024 he was engaged to Ruby Perrotta

Statistics

Personal best progression

Long Jump progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
16.78 m (+1.3 m/s)5thVictorian U18 Championships Melbourne, Australia 9 Feb 2013 [15]
26.96 m (+1.6 m/s)Silver medal icon.svgMelbourne High Velocity Club Melbourne, Australia 1 Dec 2013 [15]
37.12 m (-1.6 m/s)Bronze medal icon.svgMelbourne High Velocity Club Melbourne, Australia 1 Feb 2014 [15]
47.32 m (0.0 m/s)Silver medal icon.svgVictorian U20 Championships Melbourne, Australia 16 Feb 2014 [15]
57.45 m (+0.1 m/s)Gold medal icon.svgVictorian Championships Melbourne, Australia 27 Feb 2015 [16]
67.47 m (0.0 m/s)Gold medal icon.svgVictorian Country Champs at Landy Field Geelong, Australia 23 Jan 2016 [17]
77.70 m (+0.4 m/s)Gold medal icon.svgVictorian Championships Melbourne, Australia 26 Feb 2016 [18]
87.72 m (+1.3 m/s)Bronze medal icon.svg(Qualification) Australian Athletics Championships Sydney, Australia 31 Mar 2016 [7]
97.75 m (+0.6 m/s)5th Australian Athletics Championships Sydney, Australia 2 Apr 2016 [7]
107.92 m (+0.9 m/s)Gold medal icon.svgShield at Doncaster Melbourne, Australia 19 Nov 2016 [19]
117.97 m (+1.5 m/s)Gold medal icon.svgSUMMERofATHS Grand Prix, AIS Track & Field Centre Canberra, Australia 11 Mar 2017 [20]
128.01 m (+1.0 m/s)Gold medal icon.svg Australian Athletics Championships Gold Coast, Australia 17 Feb 2018 [21]
138.05 m (+2.0 m/s)Gold medal icon.svgAVSL at Meadowglen Melbourne, Australia 29 Nov 2019 [22]
148.11 m (+0.2 m/s)Gold medal icon.svg Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne, Australia 18 Mar 2022 [23]
158.21 m (+0.8 m/s)Gold medal icon.svg Australian Athletics Championships Sydney, Australia 1 Apr 2022 [24]
158.32 m (-0.2 m/s)Gold medal icon.svg Australian Athletics Championships Adelaide, Australia 12 Apr 2024

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