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Athletics At The 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's Triple Jump
The men's triple jump event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Results References Results (The Sydney Morning Herald) {{DEFAULTSORT:Triple Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 1982
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Triple Jump
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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games' inception in 1896. According to World Athletics rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed." The current male world record holder is Jonathan Edwards of the United Kingdom, with a jump of . The current female world record holder is Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, with a jump of . History Historical sources on the ancient Olympic Games occasionally mention jumps of 15 meters or more. This led sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1982 Commonwealth Games
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events took place at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 3–9 October 1982. A total of 39 events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women athletes. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participation See also * 1982 in athletics (track and field) ReferencesCommonwealth Games Medallists - MenGBR Athletics; Retrieved on 21 July 2010GBR Athletics; Retrieved on 21 July 2010 {{Sports at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 1982 Commonwealth Games events 1982 Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... 1982 Commonwealth Games 1982 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QE II Stadium
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Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor and D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane area include clans of the Yugara, Turrbal and Quandamooka peoples. The Turrbal word for the Brisbane area is ''Meeanjin''. The Moreton Bay p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Connor
Keith Leroy Connor (born 16 September 1957 in Anguilla, an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) is a male retired athlete who represented Great Britain and England. Athletics career Connor migrated with his parents to Great Britain in 1964. He went on to represent Great Britain as an athlete who mainly competed in the triple jump. He represented England and won a gold medal in the triple jump event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four years later he won the triple jump gold again when he represented England, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He then won the 1982 European Athletics Championships gold and a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Connor attended the University of Texas at El Paso in the USA from 1978–80 and later transferred the Southern Methodist University (SMU) where he competed with distinction in the US national collegiate (NCAA) Coaching career He retired from active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Lorraway
Kenneth ("Ken") John Lorraway (6 February 1956 – 4 January 2007) was an Australian triple jumper, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1984 and Commonwealth Games: 1978 and 1982. His best Olympic result was finishing in 8th place in Moscow, USSR with a leap of 16.44 metres. He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. He attended Watson High School in Canberra and participated in junior athletics with the North Canberra Athletic Club. Between 1974 and 1978, he attended the Southern Illinois University in the United States on an athletic scholarship. In 1978, he was selected as an All American. He won the silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games after an epic battle with Keith Connor. He won Australian national senior triple jump title five times between 1979/80 to 1984/84. He was also a successful long jumper. He was an inaugural athletics scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Moore
Aston Llewellyn Moore (born 8 February 1956) is a male 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. Biography 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 1982 with a wind-assisted 16.76 m. He also represented England, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.73 m at the 1981 European Indoor Championships, finishing third behind Shamil Abbyasov and Klaus Kübler. In addition, over the course of his career he won three AAA championships in triple jump. After his retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Hanna (athlete)
Steven George Hanna (Birth date: 30 October 1958 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian triple jumper who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ..., and at the same games finished fourth in the triple jump. Steven Hanna jumped 56’1 in the CAC Games in Nassau representing The Bahamas. Mr. Hanna was the 1980 and 1981 NCAA Triple Jump Champion competing for the University of Texas-El Paso. Steve anchored two NCAA titles in Track and Field for the UTEP Miners. References 1958 births Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian male triple jumpers Bahamian male long jumpers Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Athletes (tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herbert (athlete)
John Alun Adolphus Herbert (born 20 April 1962) is an English former sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a triple jumper and a bobsledder. Competing in athletics, he won the gold medal for England in the triple jump at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. He competed in the Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Four-man, four-man bobsleigh event at the 1994 Winter Olympics (finishing in eighth place). Since retired from sport he moved into art and media, working with broadcaster ITV and Art of the Olympians, among others. He was born in Meadows, Nottingham, Meadows, Nottingham. Athletics career Herbert competed in sport of athletics, athletics as a triple jumper in the 1980s and 1990s. He qualified in two Summer Olympics, finishing 10th in 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, failing to make the final in 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988. Herbert also represented Great Britain at the 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marios Hadjiandreou
Marios Hadjiandreou ( el, Μάριος Χατζηανδρέου; born September 19, 1962) is a Cypriot triple jumper who won gold medals in Commonwealth Games and Mediterranean Games. He won the gold medal in both the 1987 and 1991 Mediterranean Games. In 1990, he became the first Cypriot to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, beating the English world class athlete Jonathan Edwards who later became World Champion and Olympic champion. He participated in the Olympic Games with Cyprus, in 1988, placing 21st with a 15.95m jump, and in 1992, placing 37th with a 15.64m jump. He was the flag bearer for the Cyprus Olympic team on both occasions. He was national champion 12 times and is the Cyprus Record holder with 17.13m since 1991. He won 12 times in the European Cup (athletics) and three gold medals in the Games of the Small States of Europe The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Kiayi
Moses Kiyai (born 1962) is a retired Kenyan long jumper and triple jumper. Kiyai won a bronze medal at the 1982 African Championships. He won the East African Championships in the long jump in 1981, 1982 and 1984 and became triple jump champion in 1982. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he finished sixth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump. He also competed at the 1984 Olympic Games The 1984 Olympics may refer to: *The 1984 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia *The 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an intern ... without reaching the final in neither long nor triple jump. His personal best jump was 8.08 metres, achieved in May 1984 in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the triple jump he had 16.27 metres from 1986. References 1962 births Living people Kenyan male long jumpers Kenyan male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
