Darcy Roper

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Darcy Roper
Personal information
Born (1998-03-31) 31 March 1998 (age 27)
Education University of Queensland, RMIT
Spouse
Renee Roper
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Long jump

Darcy Roper (born 31 March 1998) is an Australian athlete specialising in the long jump. [1] He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade. Earlier he won a bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships and a Silver at the 2015 IAAF World youth Championships.

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His personal best in the event is 8.20 metres (+1.4 m/s) set at the ACT State Championships 2020. [2] He has also leapt a wind assisted 8.32 meters (+2.6 m/s) in Perth 2019.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 2ndLong jump8.01 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rdLong jump 7.88 m
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 3rdLong jump 7.90 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (q)Long jump 7.82 m

Best performances

Year [3] CompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 2ndLong jump8.01 m
2019ACT Championships Canberra, Australia 1stLong jump8.20 m (w)
2019Jandakot Airport Perth Track Classic Perth, Australia 1stLong jump8.32 m (w)
2019Queensland International Track Classic Brisbane, Australia 1stLong jump8.05 m
2019 Résisprint International Archived 7 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 4thLong jump8.12 m
2019 Athletissima Lausanne, Switzerland 6thLong jump8.05 m
2020ACT Championships Canberra, Australia 1stLong jump8.20 m

References

  1. Darcy Roper at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Meet Results". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. "Darcy ROPER | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.