John M. Morbey (born 9 August 1939) is a former

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and Bermudian

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,

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 and sprinter. He competed for Great Britain in the long jump at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

, finished eleventh. Representing Bermuda, he won a silver medal in the long jump at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ...

. Morbey also placed fifteenth in the triple jump and was eliminated in the heats of the 110 yards and 4 x 110 yards relay. Morbey was the Bermudian team manager at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

, when the Bermudian authorities decided to join the boycott of the Games. The Bermudian team was a particularly late withdrawal as its athletes appeared in the opening ceremony and in the opening day of competition before the Bermuda Olympic Association decided to formally withdraw.Fraser, Graham (2014-04-25)
Glasgow 2014: The Bermuda boycott of 1986 that still hurts
BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-30.

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1939 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics British male long jumpers British male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Bermudian long jumpers Bermudian triple jumpers Bermudian male sprinters Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Bermuda Place of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Bermuda-athletics-bio-stub