Gregor Cankar (born January 25, 1975 in Celje) is a Slovenian athlete competing in long jump who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He finished sixth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

His personal best jump is Slovene record, 8.40 metres, achieved in 1997 in his hometown Celje.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1995	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	4th
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	7th
	Universiade	Sicily, Italy	3rd
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	6th
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	4th
	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	3rd

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Gregor Cankar

Awards
Preceded by Primož Peterka	Slovenian Sportsman of the year 1999	Succeeded by Rajmond Debevec

v • d • e Mediterranean Champions in Men's Long Jump 1949: Antonio Siddi (ITA) · 1951: Boris Brnad (YUG) · 1955: Luigi Ulivelli (ITA) · 1959: Ali Brakchi (FRA) · 1963: Luis Felipe Areta (ESP) · 1967: Miljenko Rak (YUG) · 1971: Jack Pani (FRA) · 1975: Nenad Stekić (YUG) · 1979: Nenad Stekić (YUG) · 1983: Dimitrios Delifotis (GRE) · 1987: Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (GRE) · 1991: Konstantinos Koukodimos (GRE) · 1993: Spiridon Vasdekis (GRE) · 1997: Gregor Cankar (SLO) · 2001: Siniša Ergotić (CRO) · 2005: Salim Sdiri (FRA)

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