Yanni Sampson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 October 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Long jump: 8.02 m (2026) |
Yanni Sampson (born 7 October 2004) is a Belgian long jumper. He is a multiple-time national champion.[1]
Biography
From Flémalle, he is a member of RFCL Athlétisme in Liège.[2] Sampson became Belgian long jump champion for the first time at the 2023 Belgian Athletics Championships as an 18 year-old, and represented Belgium at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzow, Poland.[3][4]
In February 2024 he won the Belgian Indoor Championships title and competing outdoors that summer he retained his Belgian title with a new personal best jump of 7.54 metres.[5][6][3] In 2025, he again won Belgian long jump titles both indoors and outdoors, and represented Belgium at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia.[7][8][9]
In July 2026, he set a new personal best of 8.02 metres while competing in Thonon-les-Bains, France.[10] On 10 August 2026, he qualified for the final of the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, jumping 7.91 m with his first jump and improving to 7.97 m in the preliminary heat.[11][2]
Eeferences
- ↑ "Yanni Sampson". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Yanni Sampson's international breakthrough at the Birmingham European Championship: "I wasn't destabilized at all"". dhnet.be. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- 1 2 Detrembleur, Louis (February 20, 2024). "Yanni Sampson (RFC Liège Athletics) wins the Belgian indoor long jump championships: "I had a good feeling"". Sudinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ Gilles, Joachim (7 July 2024). "Yanni Sampson (RFC Liège Athletics) Belgian long jump champion: a confirmation and a promising rise". Sudinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Belgian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ Simon, Yves (6 July 2026). "8m02 et ticket pour l'Euro en poche pour Yanni Sampson (21 ans) de Flémalle : « Les 8 mètres, ça reste une marque mythique »". Sudinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Great start for the Belgians at the European Athletics Championships: Rosius, Nkansa, and Sacoor easily advance to the semi-finals, debutant Sampson surprises with a place in the final". Sporza. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.