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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
International University Sports Federation – Gwangju 2015 – Men's Triple Jump Final, Dmitry Sorokin (RUS 17.29) wins gold. The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps".