Richard Duncan (born December 25, 1973) is a retired Canadian

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er. He was an eight-time

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All-American and an Olympian.

Career

Duncan finished fourth at the

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, in the

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event.1994 Commonwealth Games, men's results
- Sporting Heroes In the long jump he competed at the

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, the 1997 World Championships, the 1999 World Championships the 2001 World Championships and the

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. While attending the University of Texas, Duncan was the first athlete in history to earn All-American honors in the same NCAA Championship meet competing in the long, high, and triple jump events.

Honors

*1993 CIAU Champion Triple Jump for York University *1996 NCAA Champion Long Jump for University of Texas *8 Time NCAA All-American

Personal Bests

His personal best marks are: *Long jump 8.23 metres, achieved in April 1997 in

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. *Triple jump 16.83 meters, achieved in May 1996 in Lubbock. *High jump 2.26 meters, achieved in May 1994 in Austin, TX/Austin.

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1973 births Living people Track and field athletes from Toronto Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canadian male long jumpers Canadian male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Texas Longhorns men's track and field athletes York Lions players 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people Canadian Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub