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Kris Commons Kristian Arran Commons (born 30 August 1983) is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Commons started his career at Stoke City and made his debut in 2000. After four years with the club, he rej ...

'' Christopher John Commons (born 9 December 1950) is a retired

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er from Australia, who represented his country in the

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in Montreal. Commons won silver medals in the

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and

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during his career. A four-time national champion in the men's long jump (1973–1976), he held the Australian Residential Long Jump Record of 8.08 metres. He won the

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in 1977 and was second in the event in 1973. Commons was ranked sixth in the world by the magazine

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in 1975. He received the Athlete of the Year award from the Athletics International organisation for the 1974–5 season. As a young athlete, Commons was the Australian Junior Champion (under 19 years of age) in the triple jump for three consecutive years (1967–9). His brothers, Don Commons, a triple jumper, and David Commons, were also notable athletes.

References

External links

Australian Athletics Historical Results

* Track & Field News All-Time World Ranking

* Athletics International Award Winner

* Pacific Conference Games Medallist

1950 births Living people Australian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners {{australia-athletics-bio-stub