Bedros Bedrosian

Bedros Bedrosian (born 21 May 1955) is a retired male triple jumper from Romania. His personal best jump was 17.27 metres, achieved in June 1984 in Bucharest. This ranks him second among Romanian triple jumpers, only behind Marian Oprea.[1]

He finished fourteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships[2] and sixth at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics.[3] He became national champion five times in a row, from 1980 through 1984.[4]

After retiring he became a coach. He was hired as jumping coach for the Saudi Arabian national team, notably training Hussein Taher Al-Sabee and Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi.[5][6]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Romania
1979 Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 8th Triple jump 16.18 m
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 14th Triple jump 15.74 m
1981 Universiade Bucharest, Romania 8th Triple jump 16.39 m
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 6th Triple jump 16.46 m
1983 Universiade Edmonton, Canada 5th Triple jump 16.82 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th Triple jump 16.18 m
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References
  1. All time best Balkan athletes, men Archived January 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - The Athletics Site
  2. 1980 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  3. 1982 European Championships, men's triple jump final - Sporting Heroes
  4. Romanian athletics championships - GBR Athletics
  5. IAAF Focus on Athletes: Hussein Taher Al-Sabee - IAAF.org
  6. IAAF Focus on Athletes: Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi - IAAF.org


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