Jean Marie Okutu Kouletio (born 4 August 1988) is an athlete specialising in the long jump. Born to Ghanaian parents in Benin, he represents Spain internationally. He made the final at the 2015 European Indoor Championships, finishing fifth. In addition he won the silver medal at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships.
Although Okutu was born in Benin, his family comes from Ghana; his father, a sailor was working in a port in Cotonou. At the age of six, Jean Marie moved with his family to Marín, Spain.
His personal bests in the event are 8.01 metres outdoors (+1.7 m/s; Pontevedra 2014) and 7.96 metres indoors (Antequera 2015).
Competition record Representing 2009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania7thLong jump7.78 m2012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela2ndLong jump7.87 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (q)Long jump7.65 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland20th (q)Long jump7.64 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic5thLong jump7.93 m2016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2ndLong jump7.84 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands13th (q)Long jump7.80 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil20th (q)Long jump7.75 m2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain6thLong jump7.78 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany17th (q)Long jump7.66 mIbero-American ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru4thLong jump7.75 m
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