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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.
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.
On his fifth attempt, Edwards soared to within inches of the world record marker, but got another red flag. Having earned the last jump, Harrison passed to rest for one final attempt, if needed. On his final attempt Edwards boomed another one close to the world record, but the red flag ended his evening with Harrison taking the gold.
These are the results of the Men's triple jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In the first round, Walter Davis took the lead with a 17.20m. Now 35 years old, world record holder and 1995 champion Jonathan Edwards lurked in second place with a 16.84m.
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.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1: A: Phillips Idowu Great Britain 17.54: Q 2: B: Christian Olsson Sweden 17.01: Q 3: A: Jonathan Edwards Great Britain 16.99: Q 4: A: Fabrizio Donato
The triple jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. The event was won by Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the men's triple jump since 1908 (and only the second overall). Edwards became the 12th man to win two medals in the event, adding gold to his 1996 silver.