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unusual facts about Triple jump


Yoshiyuki Tsuruta

Tsuruta was the second Japanese to be awarded with a gold medal (after Mikio Oda in the Triple jump on August 2).


1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Kerry's Éamonn Fitzgerald missed the final as he was in Los Angeles competing in the Olympic triple jump, where he finished fourth.

1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump

The final of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on Thursday August 20, 1994.

Centennial Stadium

The stadium features a 400m synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.

Colomba Fofana

Colomba Fofana (born 11 April 1977 in Courbevoie) is a French triple jumper.

Curtis Osano

Around this time he also became involved in athletics, representing Surrey in the English Schools Championships, winning silver in the triple jump.

Cynthea Rhodes

Cynthea Rhodes (born 30 September 1968 in Terrell, Texas) is a retired American triple jumper.

Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk

Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk (born January 6, 1961 in Lachy, Podlaskie) is a former male triple jumper from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Jacek Pastusiński

Jacek Pastusiński (born 8 September 1964 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie) is a retired male triple jumper from Poland.

Jefferson Sabino

Jefferson Dias Sabino (born 4 November 1982, in Guarulhos, São Paulo) is a Brazilian triple jumper.

LaVonna Martin

Martin-Floreal is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is married to former Canadian Olympic triple jumper Edrick Floreal, head track and field coach at Kentucky Wildcats.

Lawrence Willis

Lawrence Willis (born 12 July 1981 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American triple jumper.

Percy Perry Stadium

Percy Perry Stadium features a 400m polyflex synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.

Sheila Hudson

Sheila Hudson (born 30 June 1967 in Kitzingen, Germany) is a retired American triple jumper.

Yoel García

Yoel García Luis (born November 25, 1973 in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud) is a Cuban triple jumper who he won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, equalling his personal best with 17.47.


see also

Alvin Rentería

Rentería set his personal best (16.66 metres) in the men's triple jump on September 15, 2001 in Ambato.

Andrew Owusu

Andrew attended the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (Presec Legon) and the University of Alabama, where he was an 8-time All-American with the Alabama Crimson Tide's Track and Field Team, competing in the long jump and triple jump.

Anja Valant

Her personal best jump for triple jump is 14.69 metres, achieved on 4 June 2000 in Kalamata and her personal best long jump is 6.54 metres, achieved on 18 May 1997.

Brian Wellman

Wellman competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won two NCAA Outdoor triple jump titles.

Colby Mules

Harold Alfond Stadium new in 2008, contains an illuminated 400-meter, 8-lane track, with area for the long and triple jump, new discus and hammer cage and separate areas for shot put and javelin competition.

Mitchell Watt

As a 13 year old he competed in the GPS 100m, 200m, 400m relay, 100m relay, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put and discus, winning all of his events bar and discus with a respectable 4th.

Mohinder Singh Gill

Gill arguably won the triple jump at the 1974 Commonwealth Games, as Joshua Owusu was credited with a jump that was actually a foul, confirmed by television but not noticed by distracted officials.

Sachiko Masumi

That year she placed second at the national championships, did a long jump/triple jump double at the corporate championship, and won the triple jump at the Japanese Games.

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Katiloka ranked eighth overall in the qualifying round for triple jump; middleweight boxer, Pomale, lost to Cody Crowley of Canada in his first round match.

Vilhjálmur

Vilhjálmur Einarsson (born 1934), former Icelandic athlete, and triple-jump Olympic silver medalist

Vilho Tuulos

Tuulos improved the European record in triple jump twice: on 20 July 1919 in Tampere with a result of 15.30 meters and on 6 July 1923 in Borås with 15.48 metres.

Wilfrid Kalaugher

He represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, competing in the triple jump and 110 m hurdles.

Zhang Zilin

She excels in the Triple Jump and Hurdles and has undergone professional training in the 100 meter Hurdles alongside Olympic Gold Medalist Liu Xiang.