Peter Burge (born 3 July 1974, in

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) is a former Australian

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and

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. He is most famous for winning the long jump competition at the

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. He retired from athletics in 2003.

Achievements

Personal bests

Outdoor *Long jump: 8.30 m (w. +1.1 m/s) (Melbourne 2000) *Triple jump: 16.19 m (w. +0.2 m/s) (Seoul 1992) Indoor *Long jump: 8.11 m (Lisbon 2001, Sindelfingen 2001); then Oceanian record

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* 1974 births Living people Australian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Sportspeople from Townsville Athletes from Queensland Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people Sportsmen from Queensland Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub