"1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 10, 1995. This event was jumping in the same facility as Jonathan Edwards had set the still standing world record for men just three days earlier. Over the course of his series, Edwards had added 32 cm to Willie Banks' previous record that had stood for over a decade. The leader"
"Ashia Hansen Ashia Hansen, MBE (born 5 December 1971) is a retired British triple jumper. Fourth in the 1996 Olympic final, she broke the world indoor record when winning the 1998 European Indoor title, and went on to win gold medals at the World Indoor Championships in 1999 and 2003, at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, and at the 2002 European Championships. Her British records of 15.15 metres (1997 outdoors) and 15.16 metres (1998 indoors), still stand. Although born in the United States, Hansen was adopted when she was 3 months old by a Ghanian father who worked"
"set by Françoise Mbango Etone in 2008. The men's triple jump world record was broken at the competition in 1924, 1932, 1936, 1956 and 1968. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, three men improved the record a total of five times at the high altitude of Mexico City. The women's world record has never been broken at the Olympics and the current mark of , set in 1995, pre-dates the first Olympic event. James Brendan Connolly was the first Olympic triple jump champion and, as it was the first event to conclude in 1896, he was also the first Olympic champion"
"Phillips Idowu Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu, (born 30 December 1978) is a British athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a former World Outdoor and Indoor, European Outdoor and Indoor, and Commonwealth triple jump champion. He was also a silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Idowu is a member of the London-based Belgrave Harriers athletics club and has been for much of his career. Despite his successes, Idowu has at times been accused of inconsistency and of failing to fulfil his potential, including his disappointing failure at the London Olympics 2012. His championship record since 2008, especially his"
"Brendan Reilly Brendan Anthony John Reilly (born 23 December 1972 in Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a Double Olympic high jumper. He won medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Cuba and bronze at the 1995 Summer Universiade. 5 times English Schools Champion, former world record holder for 15 year olds (2.12 m), five times British Senior Champion, European and World Schools Champion. First British teenager to jump over 2.30 m and a personal best of 2.32 m. His personal bests in the event are 2.31 metres outdoors (1992) and 2.32 metres indoors (2000). Brendan is married to Olympic Irish"
"third on the all-time British triple jump lists after Ashia Hansen and Aldama. Laura Samuel Laura Samuel (born 19 February 1991) is a British track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. She has a personal best of for the event, which ranks her third among British women. She was the silver medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and also the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Born in Leicester, she became involved in athletics while at primary school becoming interested after local coaches visited the pupils there. She joined the Leicester Coritanian Athletics Club and later joined"
"of contribution on forum chats. Alwyn Jones (athlete) Alwyn Jones (born 28 February 1985) is an Australian triple jumper. Jones was born in Australia. He attended Victoria University. He finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and finished eighth at the 2006 World Cup. Jones is also a nine-time national champion. His personal best is 16.83 metres, achieved when he won the 2009 Australian Championships in Brisbane. He his spare time, Alwyn collects his thoughts through the medium of poetry, and enjoys participating in fantasy football, where he is often"
"sprinter, Sarah Reilly. Reilly is also an artist with work on display for the Art of the Olympians (AOTO). Brendan Reilly Brendan Anthony John Reilly (born 23 December 1972 in Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a Double Olympic high jumper. He won medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Cuba and bronze at the 1995 Summer Universiade. 5 times English Schools Champion, former world record holder for 15 year olds (2.12 m), five times British Senior Champion, European and World Schools Champion. First British teenager to jump over 2.30 m and a personal best of 2.32 m. His personal bests"
"Tosi Fasinro Tosi Fasinro (born 28 March 1972) is a retired British triple jumper. He finished fourth at the 1990 World Junior Championships, won the gold medals at the 1991 European Junior Championships, the 1993 Summer Universiade and the 1994 European U23 Cup, and finished fifth at the 1995 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final. Domestically, he won the 1993 UK Championships and the 1993 AAA Indoor Championships. He took one silver and one bronze at the AAA Championships. His personal best jump was 17.21 metres, achieved in July 1993 in Salamanca."
"Tosi Fasinro Tosi Fasinro (born 28 March 1972) is a retired British triple jumper. He finished fourth at the 1990 World Junior Championships, won the gold medals at the 1991 European Junior Championships, the 1993 Summer Universiade and the 1994 European U23 Cup, and finished fifth at the 1995 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final. Domestically, he won the 1993 UK Championships and the 1993 AAA Indoor Championships. He took one silver and one bronze at the AAA Championships. His personal best jump was 17.21 metres, achieved in July 1993 in Salamanca."
"behind Iva Prandzheva (15.15m) and Inessa Kravets, who jumped a world record of 15.50 metres which still stands. Anna Biryukova also competed in long jump from time to time, and her personal best is 6.64 metres. <br> <br> Anna Biryukova Anna Biryukova (; born September 27, 1967 in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk) is a retired female triple jumper from Russia. In 1993 Biryukova won a gold medal at the World Championships by jumping 15.09 metres, a new world record. She reportedly believed she had the capability of jumping 16 metres, but in 1994 she didn't reach the 15 metre mark once, although"
"World Youth Championships. Aston Moore Aston Llewellyn Moore (born 8 February 1956) is a Jamaican-born former track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain, specializing in the triple jump event. He is currently an athletics coach, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. He is a member of the National Coaching Federation and is employed as national event coach for the triple jump by UK Athletics. Moore competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics but failed to progress past the qualifying rounds. He won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games on two occasions; first in 1978 with a jump of 16.69"
"Aston Moore Aston Llewellyn Moore (born 8 February 1956) is a Jamaican-born former track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain, specializing in the triple jump event. He is currently an athletics coach, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. He is a member of the National Coaching Federation and is employed as national event coach for the triple jump by UK Athletics. Moore competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics but failed to progress past the qualifying rounds. He won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games on two occasions; first in 1978 with a jump of 16.69 metres, then in"
"of the modern era. Inessa Kravets, the world record holder, became the first women's champion 100 years later. American Christian Taylor and Colombian Caterine Ibargüen are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016. Viktor Saneyev is the event's most successful athlete as he was Olympic champion three times consecutively from 1968 to 1976, as well as runner-up in 1980. Françoise Mbango Etone is the only woman to win two Olympic triple jump titles. Saneyev, Vilho Tuulos and Tatyana Lebedeva are the only three athletes to have won more than two Olympic medals in the event. The United States is the most"
"months due to injury and the IAAF suspension. On 15 May 2015, Tamgho ruptured his Achilles tendon during the Diamond League meeting in Doha, forcing him to miss the upcoming 2015 World Championships in Beijing. Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho (born 15 June 1989) is a French triple jumper and long jumper. He specialises in the triple jump. He is the current triple jump world indoor record holder at 17.92 m, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships. He is the world's fifth best ever triple jumper outdoors, with his best mark of 18.04"
"Triple jump at the Olympics The triple jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's triple jump is one of the more recent additions to the programme, having been first contested in 1996. It became the third Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump and long jump. The Olympic records for the event are for men, set by Kenny Harrison in 1996, and for women,"
"Nicole Boegman Nicole Boegman-Stewart, formerly married Staines (born 5 March 1967 in Sydney) is a retired Australian long jumper. Her personal best jump was 6.87 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Gateshead. Wind aided best 7.12 metres (+4.3) achieved in Sestriere, 1995. The Australian, and Oceanian, record currently belongs to Bronwyn Thompson with 7.00 metres. Has represented Australia at 3 Olympic Games, 5 World Outdoor Championships, 3 World Indoor Championships and 3 Commonwealth Games. Nine times Australian Champion. Current Australian and Oceania Indoor Record holder 6.81 metres, achieved in Barcelona 1995. Held Australian Triple Jump record (13.28 m) from 1993"
"Triple jump world record progression The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's triple jump, officially ratified by the IAAF. The first world record in the men's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911. As of June 21, 2009, 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The first world record in the women's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1990. As of June 21, 2009,"
"John Herbert (athlete) John Herbert (born 20 April 1962) in Meadows, Nottingham is a graduate of Central Art and Design. A retired English sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a triple jumper and a bobsledder. Competing in athletics, he won the gold medal for England in the Triple Jump at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. During his career in athletics Herbert also competed in the sport of bobsleigh. He competed in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1994 Winter Olympics (finishing in eighth place), having previously competed as a triple jumper at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics"
"Giuseppe Ottaviani (athlete) Giuseppe Ottaviani (born 20 May 1916) is an Italian centenarian and masters athlete. He turned 100 in May 2016. He is the current indoor world record holder in the M95 and M100 60 metres. He also held the indoor world record for the triple jump and long jump, and the outdoor world record for the triple jump He has 56 Italian National Championships with 13 national records, still holds 9 world record and the discus European record. He is the first and only centenary athlete to make triple jump.. After serving in the Italian Air Force during"
"and 2001-2002. Ketill Hanstveit Ketill Hanstveit (born 2 November 1973) is a retired male triple jumper from Norway. He represented IL Norna-Salhus. His personal best jump was 17.27 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Byrkjelo. This is the current Norwegian record. He finished tenth at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Seoul, eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Stockholm, twelfth at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest and fifth at the 2000 European Indoor Championships in Ghent. Participating at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he did not manage to reach the final. He became Norwegian champion in the years"
"the IAAF has ratified 5 world records in the event. Triple jump world record progression The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's triple jump, officially ratified by the IAAF. The first world record in the men's triple jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the 15.52 m performance by Dan Ahearn in 1911. As of June 21, 2009, 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The first world record in the women's triple jump was recognised by the International Association"
"an Honorary doctorate by the University of East London in 2010. Chris Tomlinson Christopher George ""Chris"" Tomlinson (born 15 September 1981) is a retired English long jumper. He is the former British long jump record holder and competed at the Olympics of 2004, 2008 and 2012. Born in Middlesbrough, Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC (formerly Mandale Harriers and Middlesbrough and Cleveland AC) at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School, where he still holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump, before attending Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough."
"Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho (born 15 June 1989) is a French triple jumper and long jumper. He specialises in the triple jump. He is the current triple jump world indoor record holder at 17.92 m, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships. He is the world's fifth best ever triple jumper outdoors, with his best mark of 18.04 metres achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2013 World Championships. Tamgho's first triple jump gold medal came at the 2008 World Junior Championships and he reached the triple jump final (where"
"Steve Backley Stephen James Backley, OBE (born 12 February 1969) is a retired British track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He formerly held the world record, and his 91.46 m throw from 1992 is the British record. During his career, he was a firm fixture in the British national athletics team. He won four gold medals at the European Championships, three Commonwealth Games gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the Olympic Games, and two silvers at the World Championships. Currently, he is an occasional commentator for athletics competitions, especially the field events. Backley was"
"Connie Henry Connie Henry (born 15 April 1972 in London) is a British sports journalist and former triple jumper who represented Great Britain and England internationally. She was second at the AAA Championships in 1992 but it was another four years before she reached the podium for a second time, when she took the AAA bronze medal in 1996. That year, her season's best jump of 13.55 metres left her ranked third in the event nationally behind Ashia Hansen and Michelle Griffith. She was third at the briefly revived UK Athletics Championships in 1997, finishing behind Hansen and Griffith at"
"Alwyn Jones (athlete) Alwyn Jones (born 28 February 1985) is an Australian triple jumper. Jones was born in Australia. He attended Victoria University. He finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and finished eighth at the 2006 World Cup. Jones is also a nine-time national champion. His personal best is 16.83 metres, achieved when he won the 2009 Australian Championships in Brisbane. He his spare time, Alwyn collects his thoughts through the medium of poetry, and enjoys participating in fantasy football, where he is often jeered due to his lack"
"years and ordered to complete 50 hours community service after being caught drink driving by police. Both his parents are Nigerian. Phillips Idowu Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu, (born 30 December 1978) is a British athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a former World Outdoor and Indoor, European Outdoor and Indoor, and Commonwealth triple jump champion. He was also a silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Idowu is a member of the London-based Belgrave Harriers athletics club and has been for much of his career. Despite his successes, Idowu has at times been accused of inconsistency and of"
"Jonathan Moore (long jumper) Jonathan Moore (born 31 May 1984) is an English athlete who specialises in the triple jump and long jump events. Competing in the triple jump event in 2001, he won gold at the World Youth Championships and silver in European Junior Championships. A former holder of the British Junior long jump record, he is the son of Commonwealth Games triple jump medallist Aston Moore. Born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Jonathan Moore began practising triple jump at the age of thirteen. His first medal came at the English Schools' event in 1999 and he won gold at"
"2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a three-time medalist for England at the Commonwealth Games. He has participated at the World Championships in Athletics on five occasions (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015) and has been a finalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships three times. Lewis achieved a personal best and broke the British record of 5.80 m set by Nick Buckfield in 1998, with a vault of 5.82 m at the 2012 Janusz Kusociński Memorial in Szcecin, Poland. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place with a vault of 5.75"
"Chris Tomlinson Christopher George ""Chris"" Tomlinson (born 15 September 1981) is a retired English long jumper. He is the former British long jump record holder and competed at the Olympics of 2004, 2008 and 2012. Born in Middlesbrough, Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC (formerly Mandale Harriers and Middlesbrough and Cleveland AC) at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School, where he still holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump, before attending Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough. In his early teens Chris decided to concentrate on long jump."
"m or more since he jumped in a competition in Birmingham in 2003. On May 14, 2012, Olsson ultimately declared his intentions to retire from professional triple jump competitions. Christian currently lives in Monaco with his girlfriend Gordana Bosanac. <br> Christian Olsson Christian Olsson (born 25 January 1980 in Gothenburg) is a former Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He won an Olympic gold medal, one gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships as well as a further two golds in the World Indoor championships. He also"
"Inessa Kravets Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets (née Shulyak, ; born 5 October 1966) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper and long jumper. She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that the event was added to competition programmes at major competitions, and she is the current world record holder. Born in Dnipropetrovsk, her breakthrough in the triple jump came in 1991 when she broke the world record with a clearance of 14.95 metres in June. Her first major medals came in 1992. At the inaugural appearance of the women's triple jump at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor"