Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz
Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz aka Pipe (born March 28, 1942 in Donostia-San Sebastián ) is a Spanish athlete and priest .
Life
International athlete
At 15 he started playing basketball at Club Cantábrico . He later found an interest in athletics and was Spanish champion in the long jump 13 times. He increased the Spanish record from 7.40 to 7.77 m. He also delivered 21 top performances in the triple jump from 14.69 m to 16.36 m.
He participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico . In Tokyo he managed the best triple jump with 16.20 m, but injured he only jumped to twelfth position on the last lap. Another injury prevented him from participating in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
priest
In 1980 he was ordained a priest of Opus Dei , of which he had been a numerary since 1959. He works as a teacher and spiritual director at the Gaztelueta School in Bilbao . During his school days at the Colegio Mayor Aralar in Pamplona , he put together a group of amateur vocal musicians with the journalist Iñaki Gabilondo .
Services
| year | competition | place | placement | discipline | annotation |
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| 1963 | Mediterranean Games | Naples , Italy | 1. | Long jump | |
| 1. | Triple jump | ||||
| 1964 | Olympic Summer Games | Tokyo , Japan | 6th | Long jump | |
| 1967 | Mediterranean Games | Tunis , Tunisia | 1. | Triple jump | |
| 1968 | European indoor games | Madrid , Spain | 3. | Triple jump | 16.47 m = NRi |
| 1971 | European Athletics Indoor Championships | Sofia , Bulgaria | 5. | Triple jump | |
Web links
- Entry on euskomedia.org (Spanish)
- Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
- ↑ 1968 European Indoor Games, men's triple jump final - The athletics statistics page
- ↑ 1971 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final - The athletics statistics page
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Areta Sampériz, Luis Felipe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Areta, Luis Felipe; Pipe; Areta Samperiz, Luis Felipe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish athlete and priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donostia-San Sebastian |