Robert Crowther (born 2 August 1987 in

Cloncurry Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cloncurry had a population of 2,719 people. Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry. Cloncurry is known as ...

) is an Australian

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. His personal best is 8.12 metres, achieved at the

IAAF Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...

in 2011 in

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. In a recent survey conducted by the IAAF, Robbie was voted the sexiest man in track and field (IAAF, 2011). Robert Crowther identifies as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

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* 1987 births Living people Australian male long jumpers People from Cloncurry, Queensland Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Indigenous Australian track and field athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub