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* Long Jump - 8.30m ([[2009 World Championships in Athletics|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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====Charity Work==== |
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Rutherford is currently an Athlete Ambassador for [[Right To Play]], the world's leading sport for development charity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes|url=http://www.righttoplay.com/uk/the-team/Pages/MeetOurAthletes.aspx}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 09:50, 17 August 2011
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| Born | 17 November 1986 Milton Keynes, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | Long Jump: 14 (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Long Jump 8.30m 100m 10.38s | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[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:
- 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).
Charity Work
Rutherford is currently an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play, the world's leading sport for development charity.[2]
References
- ^ Mackay, Duncan (2008-07-13). Rutherford puts family tragedy to one side to claim Olympic place. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2009-07-29.
- ^ "Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes".
External links
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