Henry Frayne (born 14 April 1990) is an Australian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in

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 ...

and

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 ...

. He qualified for the

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and finished 14th in qualifying with a distance of 7.93m, and did not qualify for the final. Frayne trains under Gary Bourne who also coaches or has coached

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, Chris Noffke,

Jai Taurima Jai Desmond Taurima (born 26 June 1972 in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian retired athlete who competed in the long jump. Despite smoking a packet of cigarettes a day, he won a surprising silver medal at the 2000 Olympics with a persona ...

and

Bronwyn Thompson Bronwyn Thompson (born 29 January 1978 in Rockhampton, Australia) is a long jumper from Australia. She was the former Commonwealth record holder and holds the Australian record for the long jump. She has been ranked as high as number two in the ...

Early years

Frayne was

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n born and raised but in 2007, as a 16-year-old, he followed his coach, Vasily Grishchenkov, and moved to Melbourne. He was already a talented triple jumper in his early teens. Frayne raised the national junior triple jump record three times in 2008 and 2009, and was then placed fifth at the 2008 World Junior Championships. In 2010, he moved to

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under coach Gary Bourne, his current coach. In 2011, he was placed ninth in the triple jump at the

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and his first 17-metre jump.

Achievements

Frayne won the silver medal in the long jump event at the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four ...

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. Frayne's personal best at long jump is 8.34 m (2018) and at triple jump 17.23 m (2012). He competed at the 2011 World Championships where he placed 9th in the triple jump final. Frayne competed at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in both the long jump and triple jump, and qualified for the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

in the long jump, finishing 7th in the final. He jumped a personal best 8.34 m to qualify for the final at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

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, where he finished with the silver medal behind world champion

Luvo Manyonga Luvo Manyonga (born 8 January 1991) is a South African track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He won the 2017 World Championship in London and the 2018 Commonwealth Games title in the Gold Coast, Australia. He was the Olymp ...

. He is a nephew of 1984 Olympian

Bruce Frayne Bruce Frayne (born 24 January 1958) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. He was Australian Champion in the 200 metres 1980, 81, and 1983. He also won the 400 metres in 1984. In 1981 he won Gold in the 4 × 4 ...

. Frayne completed a Bachelor of Commerce at

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Competition record

References

External links

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Athletics Australia profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frayne, Henry 1990 births Living people Australian male long jumpers Australian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes from Adelaide People educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Deakin University alumni Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Australian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from South Australia Australian Athletics Championships winners