 Tornéus in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Born | (1986-05-26)26 May 1986 (age 39) Botkyrka, Sweden |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
Event | Long jump |
| Club | Hammarby IF Friidrott |
| Coached by | Oscar Gidewall |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 8.44 mNR[1] 8.30 m (indoors) |
Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus (born 26 May 1986) is a Swedish formerlong jumper.[2][3]
He competed at the2009 European Indoor Championships, the2009 World Championships and the2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[4]
He made a name for himself in 2005 at 19 years of age when he jumped 7.94 meters, just 1 cm short of the Swedish junior record.[3] He set a personal best jump of 8.11 metres in June 2009 atUllevi.[4]
He was first in the long jump for Sweden in the2010 European Team Championships First League section and went on to finish ninth in the event final at the2010 European Athletics Championships. He started his 2011 indoor season in strong form, taking four straight wins, including a personal best of 8.13 m to win in front of a home crowd at theXL Galan.[5]
He won his first senior medal in 2012, abronze at the2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. He then finished one centimetre behind a medal in thelong jump at the2012 Summer Olympics.
He began 2013 in fine form breaking the Swedish indoor long jump record. He competed at the2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships on home soil inGothenburg, jumping a newnational record of 8.27 metres in the first round, before jumping 8.29 metres in the final round, only two centimetres behind winnerAleksandr Menkov.
At the2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships Tornéus won his first international gold medal, after beating the Swedish indoor record in the final.[6]
At the2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London, he obtained the 8th place in themen's long jump event, clearing 8.18 metres.[7]
Tornéus retired in 2019.[8]
His father was born inDemocratic Republic of Congo and his mother is from theFinnish (Meänkieli) speaking region ofTorne Valley in Sweden. Tornéus' originalathletics club is the Tullinge-Tumba finska förening (Finnish association ofTullinge-Tumba)track and field program.[2]
