Greg Rutherford
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Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford (born 17 November 1986) is a British athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres.Mackay, Duncan (2008-07-13). . The Guardian. Retrieved on 2009-07-29. 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:
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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:
- 100m - 10.26 seconds (2010)
- Long Jump - 8.30m (2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin) New British Record. Fourth Diamond League meeting of the 2011 season in Eugene 4 June, 8.32 (wind was not legal so not a British record).
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