Konstadinos "Kostas" Koukodimos (, born 14 September 1969 in Melbourne) is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician, currently serving as the mayor of Katerini, Macedonia. He was named the 1991 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. His family has hails from Agios Dimitrios, Pieria. Koukodimos, who was raised in Pieria, Central Macedonia, is best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships. His personal best is 8.36 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Khania. He is also a politician and former member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected for New Democracy in the Pieria constituency in 2007. In January 2008, the journalist Makis Triantafyllopoulos revealed that Koukodimos was calling him and other journalists of the Proto Thema newspaper to cover the Christos Zachopoulos scandal. As a result, Koukodimos was forced to leave New Democracy's parliamentary group and participate in parliament as an independent. He returned to New Democracy's parliamentary team after six months. He was re-elected to parliament in the elections of 2009, May 2012, June 2012, January 2015 and September 2015. On 2 June 2019, he was elected mayor of Katerini, defeating the incumbent with a majority of 54.44% in the second round of voting. He was sworn in on 31 August and his term, like that of all other Greek mayors, officially commenced on 1 September. International competitions References External links Short bio 1969 births Australian people of Greek descent Living people Athletes from Melbourne Sportspeople from Central Macedonia Greek Macedonians Greek male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games European Athletics Championships medalists Greek sportsperson-politicians New Democracy (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 2007–2009 Greek MPs 2009–2012 Greek MPs 2012 (May) PAOK athletes Iraklis athletes Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Greek MPs 2015–2019 Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics People from Pieria (regional unit)