Darren Ritchie (born 1975) is a

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former

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. He was born in

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. He was a six-time Scottish long jump champion, and also won the triple jump in 2004. He also added two Scottish indoor titles in long jump. He was a three-time winner at the

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. He finished fourth at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

, missing the bronze medal with a one centimetre margin. He also narrowly missed the qualification standards for the

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and

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, although in the latter case he came close with a new Scottish record of 8.01 metres. He lives in

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and his club was

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. He has also been based in

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, Norway. Ritchie is currently Scottish Athletics National Jumps and Combined Events Manager (September 2008).

References

2006 Commonwealth Games profile

Sporting Heroes profile
* *http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=17&itemType=news&itemId=3172

External links

* 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Edinburgh Scottish male long jumpers Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games British male triple jumpers {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub