Jonathan Chimier

Jonathan Chimier (born 6 August 1982) is a Mauritian athlete who makes its appearance mainly as a long jumper. His greatest achievement is the victory at the African Championships in Brazzaville in 2004 with a jump of 8.06 meters with no wind. He holds 8.28 m to the Mauritian record in the long jump. At a height of 1.75 m his competition weight is 70 kg. His club is Racing Cf Paris.

In the first World Youth Championships ( U18) 1999 Bydgoszcz he finished fifth. In the same year he took second place at the African Junior Championships. In 2000, he won at the national championships in Mauritius in both the 100 - meter race in 10.72 s, as well as in the long jump with 7.02 meters. 2001 in Canada, he won the long jump competition at the Jeux de la Francophonie, the French-language counterpart to the Commonwealth Games. In 2001 he also won at the African Junior Championships in Mauritius the long jump and the 4 x 100 meter. In 2003 he won the bronze medal at the Indian Ocean Games in Iceland Reduit Mauritius in the long jump. In his only at the Olympics in Athens in 2004 he reached the final of the first athletes from Mauritius to have managed in Olympic history and was 8.03 m tenth. With his personal best of 8.28 meters in the qualification he had set a new Mauritian record in Athens. In 2005 he won the long jump competition of the Sparkassen Cup in Stuttgart's Hanns -Martin -Schleyer -Halle. In the Africa Championships 2008 in Addis Ababa, he received a silver medal with his 7,99 m. It won Yahya Berrabah.

His coach is Victor Kuzin. Jonathan Chimiers best performance in the 100 - meter dash is 10.36 s, situated on 27 March 2009 in Bamako. In the hall, his longest jump in the long jump is 8.05 meters, which he jumped on February 22, 2004 in Aubière and in the 60 - meter dash in 6.68 s from February 23, 2003 from Moscow. Both Hall performances were Mauritian record.