Nathan Morgan

Nathan Morgan (born 30 June 1978) is an English long jumper with a personal best of 8.26 metres. He is the former British record holder, but is currently third on the British all time long jump list, behind Chris Tomlinson and Greg Rutherford.^[1]

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he was the only athlete to jump over eight meters with a jump of 8.02 m. This clinched him a gold medal.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United Kingdom and England
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	3rd	7.74 m (wind: +1.0 m/s)
1999	European U23 Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	3rd	7.99 m (wind: +1.8m/s)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	8.02 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th	7.65 m

References

External links

Nathan Morgan profile at IAAF

Commonwealth Games champions in men's long jump

1930: Len Hutton (CAN)
1934: Sam Richardson (CAN)
1938: Harold Brown (CAN)
1950: Neville Price (SAF)
1954: Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)
1958: Paul Foreman (JAM)
1962: Michael Ahey (GHA)
1966–1970: Lynn Davies (WAL)
1974: Alan Lerwill (ENG)
1978: Roy Mitchell (ENG)
1982–1986: Gary Honey (AUS)
1990: Yusuf Alli (NGR)
1994: Obinna Eregbu (NGR)
1998: Peter Burge (AUS)
2002: Nathan Morgan (ENG)
2006: Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)
2010: Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)
2014: Greg Rutherford (ENG)

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