Benjamin Williams (born 25 January 1992) is a British male

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 th ...

er, who won an individual gold medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships.

Career

At the end of 2012 Ben won a scholarship to the

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in January 2013. As a result of a knee injury, he has missed out on the

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Olympic Games, the Rio 2016 Olympics, and the

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. His personal best jump is 17.14m. He achieved this at the European Athletics Team Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 11 August 2019, securing qualification for the World Championships in Doha, in September 2019, and for the

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in Tokyo. His previous best was 16.74 metres, achieved in June 2015 in Eugene. He almost managed to equal that when jumping 16.73 metres at the

2017 European Team Championships Super League These are the complete results of the 2017 European Team Championships Super League on 23–25 June 2017 in Lille, France. As with the previous championships there were a couple of rules applying specifically to this competition, such as the limit ...

, finishing second.

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* * * * * 1992 births Living people British male triple jumpers English male triple jumpers British Athletics Championships winners World Youth Championships in Athletics winners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{UK-athletics-bio-stub