Filippa Fotopoulou
Cypriot athlete (born 1996)
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Filippa Fotopoulou formerly Filippa Kviten (Greek: Φιλίππα Φωτοπούλου, born 20 December 1996 in Limassol) is a Cypriot track and field athlete who competes as a long jumper. [1]
Career
In May 2022 she made her personal best with 6.79, just one cm less than the national record, which was held by Maroula Lambrou since 1985.[2] The same year she competed in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump and placed 11th with a 6.54 jump and then at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in where she had three fault attempts during the qualification. She was 7th with a 6.34 jump at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. At the same games she won the bronze medal in the 4x100 relay.[3]
Personal life
Her twin sister Olivia Fotopoulou is also an international athlete, competing in 100- and 200-metre races. Both sisters studied together at the University of Alabama.[citation needed][4][5]