Personal information | |
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Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Cotonou, Benin | 4 August 1988
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Long jump |
Club | SG Pontevedra, FC Barcelona |
Coached by | Javier Medrano |
Jean Marie Okutu Kouletio (born 4 August 1988) is an athlete specialising in the long jump. [1] Born to Ghanaian parents in Benin, he represents Spain internationally. He made the final at the 2015 European Indoor Championships, finishing fifth. In addition he won the silver medal at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships.
Although Okutu was born in Benin, his family comes from Ghana; his father, a sailor was working in a port in Cotonou. At the age of six, Jean Marie moved with his family to Marín, Spain. [2]
His personal bests in the event are 8.01 metres outdoors (+1.7 m/s; Pontevedra 2014) and 7.96 metres indoors (Antequera 2015).
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Spain | |||||
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 7th | Long jump | 7.78 m |
2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 2nd | Long jump | 7.87 m |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 14th (q) | Long jump | 7.65 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 20th (q) | Long jump | 7.64 m |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 5th | Long jump | 7.93 m |
2016 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2nd | Long jump | 7.84 m |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 13th (q) | Long jump | 7.80 m | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 20th (q) | Long jump | 7.75 m | |
2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 6th | Long jump | 7.78 m |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 17th (q) | Long jump | 7.66 m | |
Ibero-American Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 4th | Long jump | 7.75 m |
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