Philip Jensen

Medal record
Competitor for New Zealand
Men's Athletics
Commonwealth Games
Silver	2002 Manchester	Hammer

Philip Jensen (born 8 November 1967 in Te Aroha) is a former New Zealand representative hammer thrower.

His biggest success came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England where he won the silver medal. He also competed in the IAAF World Cup held in Madrid, Spain that same year.

Earlier in his sporting career he represented New Zealand in Rugby union, when from November 1984 to January 1985 he toured the United Kingdom with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby union Team. Later that year he was again picked for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby union Team who toured Australia.

Sporting Career highlights

Athletics

World Cup

Year	Place	Event	Performance
2002	7th	Hammer throw	67.09m

In this competition Philip finished ahead of Mick Jones who a few weeks earlier had beaten Philip in the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games

Year	Place	Event	Performance
2002	2nd	Hammer throw	69.48m
1998	6th	Hammer throw	69.63m
1990	5th	Hammer throw	68.96m

New Zealand Track & Field Championships

Philip has had a very long career, with some interesting statistics relating to national Hammer Throw titles, as follows:-

• most titles - 17
• longest career - 23 years between his first title win and his last.
• most in a row - 14 consecutive titles.

Year	Place	Event	Performance	Age (years)
2011	1st	Hammer throw	59.04m	43
2010	1st	Hammer throw	62.53m	42
2009	1st	Hammer throw	58.90m	41
2008	1st	Hammer throw	60.37m	40
2007	1st	Hammer throw	62.20m	39
2006	1st	Hammer throw	65.85m	38
2005	1st	Hammer throw	65.72m	37
2004	1st	Hammer throw	68.14m	36
2003	1st	Hammer throw	69.52m	35
2002	1st	Hammer throw	65.65m	34
2001	1st	Hammer throw	62.80m	33
2000	1st	Hammer throw	69.19m	32
1999	1st	Hammer throw	69.16m	31
1998	1st	Hammer throw	70.88m	30
1997	3rd	Hammer throw	65.22m	29
1996	1st	Hammer throw	64.68m	28
1995	1st	Hammer throw	62.08m	27
1990	2nd	Hammer throw	66.12m	22
1989	2nd	Hammer throw	63.80m	21
1988	1st	Hammer throw	64.02m	20

Personal Best

His personal best is 72.06m, achieved in February 1998 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Rugby

Sevens

Represented Waikato in 7s Rugby at the New Zealand National Tournament.

Year	Location
1993	Palmerston North
1990	Palmerston North

Fifteens

Member of extended Waikato Squad as a Prop in 1990 after retiring from Athletics. However, with Waikato featuring what would become an all All Blacks front row (Richard Loe, Graham Purvis, Warren Gatland), it would be difficult for Philip to make it into the starting fifteen.

Member of Waikato 'B' Team. Preferring to play in the backline, Philip successfully switched from Hooker to Wing at a representative level.

Year	Position
1995	Wing
1994	Hooker

External links

• New Zealand Olympic Committee - Philip Jensen
• NZOC Profile
• Page with Photo at Sporting Heroes