Lynn Davies

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Gold Tokyo 1964 Long Jump
European Championships
Gold Budapest 1966 Long Jump
Silver Athens 1969 Long Jump

Lynn Davies CBE (born May 20, 1942 in Nantymoel, South Wales) was captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1964.

[edit] Olympic Gold Medalist

He won an Olympic gold medal in the event in 1964 (earning himself the Welsh nickname "Lynn the Leap") and finished ninth in 1968. In 1964 he also competed in the 100 metres contest.

[edit] MBE & OBE

Davies was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006, having previously been a Member (MBE).

He was also elected unopposed as President of the UK Members Council for a further four years following the close of nominations.

UK Athletics confirmed that the former Olympic long jump champion has been chosen by the sport to continue in his role up to 2011, after no other candidates were nominated to stand following public notification of the election process.

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Olympic champions in men's long jump
1896: Ellery Clark • 1900: Alvin Kraenzlein • 1904: Myer Prinstein • 1906: Myer Prinstein • 1908: Frank Irons • 1912: Albert Gutterson • 1920: William Petersson • 1924: William DeHart Hubbard • 1928: Ed Hamm • 1932: Ed Gordon • 1936: Jesse Owens • 1948: Willie Steele • 1952: Jerome Biffle • 1956: Greg Bell • 1960: Ralph Boston • 1964: Lynn Davies • 1968: Bob Beamon • 1972: Randy Williams • 1976: Arnie Robinson • 1980: Lutz Dombrowski • 1984: Carl Lewis • 1988: Carl Lewis • 1992: Carl Lewis • 1996: Carl Lewis • 2000: Iván Pedroso • 2004: Dwight Phillips
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Post-war British Olympic champions in men's athletics
1956: Chris Brasher (3000 m steeplechase) | 1960: Don Thompson (50 km walk) | 1964: Ken Matthews (20 km walk) | 1964: Lynn Davies (long jump) | 1968: David Hemery (400 m hurdles) | 1980: Allan Wells (100 m) | 1980: Steve Ovett (800 m) | 1980 & 1984: Sebastian Coe (1500 m) | 1980 & 1984: Daley Thompson (decathlon) | 1992: Linford Christie (100 m) | 2000: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump) | 2004: Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis (4 x 100 m relay)
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