Which Briton broke the world triple jump record in 1995
"Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump The final of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held on July 27, 1996. There were a total of 43 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on July 26, 1996. Coming into the competition, Jonathan Edwards was the only man to have jumped 18 metres, from his remarkable back to back world records at the world championships a year earlier and backing"
"Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper) Jonathan David Edwards, (born 10 May 1966) is a British former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995. Following his retirement as an athlete, Edwards has worked as a sports (primarily athletics) commentator and presenter for BBC television. Formerly a devout Christian, he also presented episodes of the BBC Christian worship programme ""Songs of Praise"", until he renounced his faith in 2007. In 2011 he was elected President of Wenlock Olympian Society following the death of its then President, Roy Rogers."
"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"
"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"
"in the final, Edwards became the first athlete in the world to jump further than 18 metres without wind assistance, registering a world record jump of 18.16 m. In his second jump, he jumped even further, setting a new world record of , the first jump one 60 feet and a improvement over his previous world record. 67 cm further than silver medal winner Brian Wellman. It took more than 20 years for Christian Taylor to become the first man to jump beyond Edwards' first record. <br> 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump These are the official"
"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"
"Dalton Grant Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a British high jumper, who has won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres. In 1997 at the World Championships Dalton opened with a world record jump of 2.32 for an opening height. Grant was born in Hackney to parents from Jamaica and lived in Brooke Road, Upper Clapton. He went to Hackney Downs School where"
"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"
"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."
"(once indoors and once outdoors.) He established his personal best of 2.38, set indoors at Wuppertal, Germany, on 4 February 1994, which still stands as the British record. He was a bronze medalist at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the first British man to win a medal in the high jump since Con Leahy in 1908. He did it with just 5 jumps: eight men cleared 2.32, but only three (Smith, Poland's Artur Partyka and American Charles Austin) successfully jumped 2.35. With their medals secured, all 3 missed their initial attempts at 2.37, Partyka then cleared on his second attempt,"
"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,"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Andrew Murphy Andrew Ray-Jamie Murphy (born 18 December 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria) is Australia's best Triple Jumper, works at Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, NSW, Australia, best known for his bronze medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, where he achieved an Oceanian indoor record of 17.20 metres. When he was younger, Andrew loved his sports. His personal best is 17.32 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville. This ranks him second among Australian triple jumpers, only behind Ken Lorraway. His coach was Keith Connor. He is married to Elizabeth Lindwall (Murphy) and they have five children -"
"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"
"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"
"them better than the world record (12.20 seconds by Kendra Harrison) as of July 2016. Willie Banks became the first athlete to break the 18-metre-barrier in the triple jump, but with a tailwind of 5.2 m/s his 18.20 m jump in July 1988 in Indianapolis was not recognized as a world record. Mike Conley jumped 18.17 at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and the tail wind of 2.1 m/s was only marginally non-legal. Jonathan Edwards, who later became the first athlete to legally break the 18-metre-barrier with his current world record jump, jumped 18.43 metres in June 1995 in Villeneuve d'Ascq"
"Cynthea Rhodes Cynthea Rhodes (born September 30, 1968 in Terrell, Texas) is a retired American triple jumper. She finished twelfth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and eleventh at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best jump was 14.25 metres, achieved in the 1997 World Championships qualification round. The American record currently belongs to Tiombe Hurd with 14.45 metres. Rhodes attended The University of Texas and remains on the indoor and outdoor Texas all-time records for triple jump, at No. 7 and No. 3, respectively. On October 6,"
"His major breakthrough came in 2002 when, just three months after breaking both wrists in a freak weight-training accident, he jumped 8.27 m to break the British record that had been held by Lynn Davies for 34 years. On 7 July 2007 he increased his record by a further 2 cm, jumping while competing in Bad Langensalza in Germany. Tomlinson competed for athletics club Newham and Essex Beagles for some time. He has won seven national titles in various age groups, including one for the triple jump indoors for under 20s in 2000. In February 2008 he became the world's"
"1996. Born in Westminster, London, she had a daughter (Ella) with fellow Gladiators performer Mark Griffin. She later married Chris Sheasby, an England rugby union international, and the couple had two children, but divorced in 2016. Kate Staples Katherine Jane ""Kate"" Staples (born 2 November 1965) is a British female former pole vaulter. In 1992, she became the first British woman to vault over three metres. She went on to win the 1993 UK Championships, the AAA Championships three times (1993, 1994, 1996), and the AAA Indoor Championships three times (1994, 1995, 1996), and broke the British record more than"
"Glenn Singleman Dr. Glenn Singleman (born 12 October 1958) is an Australian physician, professional adventurer, wingsuit pilot and basejumper (he holds three official world records). He is also a documentary filmmaker, and practicing medical doctor specializing in remote and rural medicine. His film ""BASEclimb"", about a world record setting basejump from The Great Trango Towers in Pakistan, won 21 International awards. In 2012 Singleman was a key member of the ‘Challenger Deep' team that successfully sent James Cameron to the deepest point on the planet – The Mariana Trench – in a submarine designed and built in Australia. Dr. Singleman"
"Olympians Association from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 he joined the newly reconstituted USATF Board of Directors. Banks was on a panel on an ESPN ""Outside the Lines"" episode regarding athlete involvement in social issues, dated May 18, 2008. Willie Banks William Augustus Banks, III (born March 11, 1956) is an American athlete. Born at Travis Air Force Base, California, he grew up in San Diego County and went to Oceanside High School. Banks is an Eagle Scout. Banks was a track & field athlete competing in the triple jump. On June 16, 1985 he set a world record of"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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 she did become European champion that season. In 1995 she starred in the World Championships, and she almost reached old heights by jumping 15.08 metres. Women's triple jump had progressed, however, and she only managed a bronze medal"
"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"
"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"
"Billy Brown (athlete) William Tennant ""Billy"" Brown (August 3, 1918 – December 29, 2002) was an American triple jumper, long jumper and sprinter. Between 1936 and 1943 he won six national outdoor championship titles in the triple jump and three in the long jump. He was the long jump world leader in 1941 and held the American record in the triple jump from 1941 to 1956. He competed in the triple jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics, placing 17th. Brown was born in Baker, Louisiana on August 3, 1918. He studied at Baker High School and led the school's track"
"2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump The men's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 27 August. The early season meet at Doha gave an indication that this would be an exciting year in the triple jump. Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who would return here as the previous silver medalist jumped 18.06 to become the #3 jumper in history. In that same meet, Olympic Champion Christian Taylor was only 2 cm behind to equal the previous #3, who was the defending world champion Teddy Tamgho. Tamgho"