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Born | 17 November 1986 Milton Keynes, England |
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Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | Long Jump: 14 (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Long Jump 8.30m 100m 10.26s |
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Medal record
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Updated on August 27, 2006. |
Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford (born 17 November 1986) is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres.[1] His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.
Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England. On 8 August 2006, he won the silver medal in the long jump at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a jump of 8.13 m.
He is a former British record holder in the long jump. He set this record at the World athletics championships in Berlin on 20 August 2009, breaking Chris Tomlinson's previous record by 1 cm.
Greg won the AAAs Sat 12 July, qualifying for the Olympics 2008.
He also won the international meet at Crystal Palace 26 July with a leap of 8.16.
His personal bests are: