Philip Jensen (born 8 November 1967 in

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) is a former

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representative

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er. His biggest success came at the

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held in Manchester,

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where he won the silver medal. He also competed in the IAAF World Cup held in Madrid, Spain that same year. Earlier in his sporting career he represented

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, when from November 1984 to January 1985 he toured the

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with the

Secondary Schools

Team. Later that year he was again picked for the

Secondary Schools

Team who toured

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Sporting Career highlights

Athletics

World Cup

Commonwealth Games

New Zealand Track & Field ChampionshipsNew Zealand Championships
(GBR Athletics)

Philip has had a very long career, with some interesting statistics relating to national titles, as follows:- * most titles – 20. * longest career – 26 years between his first title win and his last. * most in a row – 17 consecutive titles.

Personal Best

His personal best is 72.06m, achieved in February 1998 in

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References

External links

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NZOC Profile

Page with Photo at ''Sporting Heroes''
1967 births Living people New Zealand male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Sportspeople from Te Aroha Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub