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Jonathan David Edwards, CBE (born 10 May 1966) is a British former triple jumper. He is an Olympic , double World , European , European indoor and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995.
Video on YouTube Official video These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden . There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 7, 1995.
Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 m [2] [3] Gothenburg, Sweden: 7 August 1995 European record: Championship record Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 17.99 m: Budapest, Hungary: 23 August 1998 World Leading Jaydon Hibbert (JAM) 17.75 m [4] Kingston, Jamaica: 1 June 2024 Europe Leading Andy Díaz Hernández (ITA) 17.61 m [5] Toruń, Poland: 6 February 2024
The event was won by Kenny Harrison of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and sixth overall victory in the men's triple jump. Jonathan Edwards's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1984; Yoelbi Quesada's bronze was Cuba's first men's triple jump medal ever.
These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 1997-08-08. With the previous two major championships resulting in 18 metre jumps, expectations were high.
The British triple jump athletics champions covers three competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, [1] the preceding AAA Championships (1914-2006) and the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.
Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper) F. Tosi Fasinro; Denis Field; Nathan Fox (triple jumper) G. Julian Golley; Arthur Gray (athlete) H. Robert Hawkey; John Herbert (athlete)
Two jumpers later, Cristian Nápoles went 17.36m, then Pedro Pablo Pichardo, now jumping for Portugal, jumped 17.49m. That held through the round. That held through the round. In the second round, Claye improved to 17.72m and Nápoles improved to 17.38m before Hugues Fabrice Zango bounded into contention with a 17.46m African record .