Darren Ritchie (long jumper)

Darren Ritchie

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	1 February 1975 Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Club	Sale Harriers

Darren Ritchie (born 1 February 1975) is a Scottish former long jumper. ^[1]

Biography

Ricthie, born in Edinburgh, Scotland , was a six-time Scottish long jump champion, and also won the triple jump in 2004. He also added two Scottish indoor titles in long jump.^{[ citation needed ]}

He was athree-times British long jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title in 1996, 2002 and 2003. ^{[2] [3]}

He finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, missing the bronze medal with a one centimetre margin. He also narrowly missed the qualification standards for the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics, although in the latter case he came close with a new Scottish record of 8.01 metres.

He lives in Bo'ness and his club was Sale Harriers. He has also been based in Oslo, Norway.

Ritchie is currently Scottish Athletics National Jumps and Combined Events Manager (September 2008).

References

1. "Biographical Information". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

• 2006 Commonwealth Games profile
• Sporting Heroes profile
• Ferguson, David (24 July 2004). "Positive Ritchie eyes triple jump after another Olympic blow". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 16 November 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2007.
• http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=17&itemType=news&itemId=3172 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Darren Ritchie at World Athletics