Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards is a British former triple jumper who set the men's world record of 18.29 metres in 1995, a mark that still stands.
1995 World Championships in Athletics: The fifth World Athletics Championships, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 5 to 13 August 1995. Edwards won the triple jump and set his 18.29-metre world record at this championship.
Triple jump: A track-and-field event in which an athlete performs a hop, step, and jump into a sandpit. It is the event in which Edwards set his world record and won Olympic gold.
Cambridge University: A collegiate research university in Cambridge, England, founded in 1209. Edwards studied physics at Cambridge while developing as an international triple jumper.
Men's triple jump world record progression: The sequence of ratified improvements to the men's triple-jump world record. Edwards's 18.29 metres replaced the previous record and remains the event's benchmark.
1996 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, from 19 July to 4 August 1996. Edwards entered as world-record holder but finished fourth in the triple jump.
Hop step and jump: The three consecutive flight phases that make up a triple jump. Edwards's record required maintaining speed and balance through all three phases.
1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics: The inaugural World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Sudbury, Canada, in July 1988. Edwards won the triple jump at this early international championship.
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump: The men's triple-jump competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Edwards won the event with a 17.71-metre jump, securing his Olympic title.
2000 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. Edwards won the Olympic triple-jump gold medal after two previous Olympic campaigns.
Takeoff: The action of leaving the ground to begin a jump or flight. A legal triple jump begins with takeoff from the board, where distance and speed are set.