Dimitrios Filindras (; born 9 February 1973 in

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) is a retired Greek long jumper. He was selected to compete for the host nation

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's largest Olympic team in the men's long jump at the

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, and also trained throughout his athletics career for the sport club Pelasgos Larissas. In June 2003, Filindras recorded his best jump at 8.30 m from the Venizelia International Athletics Meet in

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. Filindras qualified for the Greek squad in the men's long jump at the

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by successfully jumping an Olympic A-standard of 8.30 m from the Venizelia International Athletics Meet in

. Filindras started off abruptly with a foul, until he soared out to a legal leap at 7.45 m on his second attempt. Since his third jump was slightly shorter than his best by three centimetres, Filindras wound only to thirty-fifth spot in a field of forty-one athletes, and did not advance past the qualifying round. 8.30 was the joint ninth best in the world in 2003, and the third best in the Balkans, behind compatriot

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(8.34) and Nikolay Atanasov (8.31), and somewhat ahead of the third best Greek jumper, Dimitrios Serelis (8.21, 21st).

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* 1973 births Living people Greek male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes from Larissa {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub