Erik Nys (born 27 July 1973) is a retired Belgian

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. His personal best jump is 8.25 metres, achieved in July 1996 in

Hechtel Hechtel-Eksel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2018 it had a total population of 12,290 an area of 76.70 km2 giving a population density of 150 inhabitants per km2. The municipality was created i ...

. This is the current Belgian record.Belgian athletics records

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* 1973 births Living people Belgian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Belgium Belgian Athletics Championships winners {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub