Greg Rutherford

Greg Rutherford
Personal information
Born 17 November 1986 (1986-11-17) (age 25)
Milton Keynes, England
Sport
Country England
Club Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club
Turned pro 2005
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking Long Jump: 14 (2006)
Personal best(s) Long Jump 8.30m
100m 10.26s
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:

References

  1. ^ Mackay, Duncan (2008-07-13). Rutherford puts family tragedy to one side to claim Olympic place. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2009-07-29.

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