Ignisious Gaisah is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.
Hanne Haugland is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career.
Oleg Evgyenevich Sakirkin was a triple jumper from Shymkent, Ongutsik Qazaqstan, who represented the USSR and later Kazakhstan. His greatest achievement came in 1987 when he won the World Championship bronze medal with a personal best jump of 17.43 metres. He went on to win the 1988 European Indoor Championships and the 1994 Asian Games.
Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1989 World Indoor champion. She is also a former world record holder in the triple jump with 14.52 metres in 1989.
Hollis Conway is a track and field high jumper and a two-time Olympic medalist. He is currently employed by Lafayette Consolidated Government as the PARC Director in Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory's administration. Conway previously served as the assistant director of Diversity, Leadership, & Education for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team under head coach Billy Napier. Conway was the top-ranked high jumper in the U.S. seven straight years from 1988 to 1994 and in the world for two of those years. Conway, John Thomas and Dwight Stones are the only Americans to win two Olympic medals in the high jump.
Robert Emmiyan is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR and Armenia. He is the fourth best long jumper in history and the best long jumper not of African descent. His personal best jump of 8.86 metres, which he achieved in Tsaghkadzor in May 1987, is the current European record.
László Szalma is a retired Hungarian long jumper. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships—two gold, three silver and one bronze—and finished fourth at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 World Championships. His career best jump of 8.30 metres, achieved in July 1985 in Budapest, is the current Hungarian record.
Gyula Pálóczi was a Hungarian athlete who specialized in the long jump and triple jump. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships, and due to his versatility the European Athletic Association has called him "the most successful jumper Hungary has ever produced".
Andrew Howe is an American-born Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump and sprinting. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the European Champion later that year. In 2007 he became the European Indoor Champion and won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.
Viktor Andriyovych Kuznyetsov is a Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper.
Antonietta Di Martino is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the women's all-time highest jump-differential, meaning she has jumped the highest more than her own height.
Milan Mikuláš is a retired triple jumper who represented Czechoslovakia during his active career. His personal best jump is 17.53 metres, achieved in July 1988 in Prague. This is the current Czech record. His personal best in long jump is 8.25 metres.
Aarik Wilson is an American long jumper and triple jumper. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Fausto Frigerio is a retired Italian hurdler and long jumper.
Henry Lauterbach is a retired East German high jumper and long jumper.
Anders Møller is a Danish triple jumper. His personal best jump is 16.88 metres, achieved in August 2011 in Copenhagen. This jump beat his previous personal and national record of 16.76 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Århus. He has 17.01 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2006 in Malmö. Møller is also a two-time national champion in the men's high jump.
Bohdan Viktorovych Bondarenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. He is the 2013 World champion, 2014 European champion, and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist.
Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus is a Swedish former long jumper.
Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou is a Greek long jump athlete, who is considered as one of the best long jumpers of all time.
Emiel is a Dutch cognate of the masculine given name Emil. People with the name include:
