Filippa Kviten Fotopoulou | |
Birth Name: | Filippa Fotopoulou |
Nationality: | Cyprus |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Long jump |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1996 |
Birth Place: | Limassol, Cyprus |
Pb: | Long jump: 6.79 (Athens, 2022) |
Filippa Fotopoulou became Filippa Kviten (el|Φιλίππα Φωτοπούλου, born 20 December 1996 in Limassol) is a Cypriot track and field athlete who competes as a long jumper. [1]
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 took 11th place 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.[3]
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.[4] [5]