Athletes in action in Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń
Last three sets of world indoor medallists
2022 - 1. Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.55m; 2. Thobias Montler (SWE) 8.38m; 3. Marquis Dendy (USA) 8.27m
2024 - 1. Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.22m; 2. Mattia Furlani (ITA) 8.22m; 3. Carey McLeod (JAM) 8.21m
2025 - 1. Mattia Furlani (ITA) 8.30m; 2. Wayne Pinnock (JAM) 8.29m; 3. Liam Adcock (AUS) 8.28m
Longest winning jumps
Iván Pedroso (CUB) – 8.62m (1999)
Miltiádis Tentóglou (GRE) – 8.55m (2022)
Iván Pedroso (CUB) – 8.51m (1995)
Shortest winning jump
Jan Leitner (TCH) – 7.96m (1985)
Biggest winning margin
0.31m - 1995: Ivan Pedroso (CUB) 8.51m, Matthias Sunneborn (SWE) 8.20m
Smallest winning margin
0.00m - 2012: Mauro da Silva (BRA) 8.23m, Henry Frayne (AUS) 8.23m
0.00m - 2024: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.22m, Mattia Furlani (ITA) 8.22m
Longest jumps on Polish soil
8.37m (0.5) 1 James Beckford (JAM) - Warsaw 17.06.2007
8.37m 1 Mattia Furlani (ITA) - Torun 16.02.2025
8.35m 1 Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) - Torun (European Indoors) 05.03.2021
Repeat winners
5 - Iván Pedroso (CUB) 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
2 - Mauro da Silva (BRA) 2012, 2014
2 - Miltiádis Tentóglou (GRE) 2022, 2024
By country
6 - Cuba
5 - United States
2 - Greece
2 - Brazil
1 - Ghana
1 - Italy
1 - Australia
1 - Germany
1 - South Africa
1 - Czechoslovakia
Top eight entrants (based on final entries)
Bozhidar Saraboyukov (BUL) 8.45m
Mattia Furlani (ITA) 8.39m
Gerson Baldé (POR) 8.32m
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.27m
Liam Adcock (AUS) 8.23m o
Carey McLeod (JAM) 8.22m
Eusebio Cáceres (ESP) 8.19m
Jorge A. Hodelín (CUB) 8.18m
Luka Herden (GER) 8.18m
Historic facts
- Ivan Pedroso’s (CUB) championship record of 8.62m from 1999 is the third longest jump in history indoors
- Mattia Furlani (ITA) became the youngest medallist in the event in World Indoor Championships history when he won silver in 2024 at 19y/24d
Potential storylines and notes
- Bozhidar Saraboyukov (BUL) achieved an incredible treble at the Bulgarian Indoor Championships: 16.61m triple jump, 8.12m long jump, 2.28m high jump. The long jump and high jump took place at the same time so there was just a 22 minute-gap between his 8.12m long jump and 2.28m high jump!
- If Saraboyukov wins, he will become Bulgaria’s first ever world indoor champion since 2001 when Tereza Marinova won the triple jump. Eight of Bulgaria’s nine world indoor titles have come in either the horizontal or vertical jumps
- Can Mattia Furlani (ITA) become the fourth athlete to defend his world indoor long jump title? "It's inspiring to be called a 'defending champion.' And the goal for this year, and for the coming years, will be to defend all the titles I've already won. The lineup, with Tentoglou, Saraboyukov, and all the others, is phenomenal, but I feel ready," he said.
- Can Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) win his third world indoor title? "It does not matter if I take a second place at a [pre-championship] meeting, it is OK. I just want to win when it matters most...I lost many times even in my best years at some meetings, that’s ok. I am ready to fight for sure. To be honest, I will be surprised if I do not win here."
- Now 34, Luvo Manyonga (RSA) will compete in his first major championships since the 2019 World Championships in Doha. He has jumped 8.11m this year, his best mark since 2019. "I think I still have a chance to qualify for the Olympics [in 2028] because for the four years I wasn’t competing, I felt like I was a parked, unused car," he said
- Could we see at least two jumpers break the 8.40m-barrier? This has only happened three times in World Indoor Championships history (1997, 1999, 2018)
