Roy Mitchell (long jumper)
British long jumper
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| Nationality | Jamaican/English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 69) Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | election | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Enfield Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Roy Robert Mitchell (born 1 January 1955) is a male British former long jumper, born in Jamaica.
Athletics career
Mitchell competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. His personal best jump was 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in).[1] He represented England and won a gold medal in the long jump event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2][3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roy Mitchell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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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:
Lynn Davies (WAL) - 1970: Lynn Davies (WAL)
- 1974: Alan Lerwill (ENG)
- 1978: Roy Mitchell (ENG)
- 1982:
Gary Honey (AUS) - 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)
- 2018:
Luvo Manyonga (RSA) - 2022:
LaQuan Nairn (BAH)
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