Izmir Smajlaj (born 29 March 1993) is an Albanian athlete who specialises in the long jump.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, the first gold medal for his country at a major athletics competition, setting a new national and personal record of 8.08 metres in 2017.
His personal bests in the long jump are:
8.16 metres outdoors (NWI, 2021) in Tirana. (new national record)
8.11 metres outdoors (–0.7 m/s wind, 2019) in Shkodër. (new national record)
7.93 metres indoors (2018) – First place in long jump competition, gold medal at the Balkan Indoor Championships, Istanbul, Turkey
7.89 metres outdoors (2018) – First place in long jump competition, gold medal and best olympic athlete of the match[clarification needed] at the Albanian Athletics Outdoor Championships, Elbasan, Albania
First place in long jump competition, gold medal and title of "Best athlete male of the competition" at Small States of Europe,The Championships of the Small States of Europe (CSSE) is a biennial competition in outdoor track and field organised by the Athletic Association of Small States of Europe (AASE). First held in 2016, the competition is held on alternate years with the Games of the Small States of Europe.[clarification needed]Liechtenstein
In addition, in the triple jump, he has a personal best of 16.30 metres outdoors (-0.2 m/s wind; 2016; Elbasan, Albania) and 15.15 metres indoors (2014; Tirana, Albania).[2] All the first three marks[which?] are current national records.
