Derrick Brown (long jumper)

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Derrick Brown
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1963-11-21) 21 November 1963 (age 61)
Aylesbury, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventLong jump
ClubLongwood Harriers

Derrick Brown (born 21 November 1963) is a male English retired athlete who specialised in the long jump. His career best jump was 8.00 metres, and his best international result was a fifth place at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

As a junior athlete, Brown had a personal best jump of 7.54 metres, achieved in June 1982 in Hull. [1] The next year, he won his first medals in senior competitions, with a bronze medal at the AAA Championships, behind Mike Conley, Sr. and Fred Salle. [2]

He won the gold medal at the UK Athletics Championships on four occasions in 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1988 [3] and at the AAA Indoor Championships, he won a gold medal in 1984 and silver medals in 1985 and 1987. [4] He was also the AAA Champion at the 1986 AAA Championships. [2]

Internationally, he competed for England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he finished fifth with a jump of 7.65 metres.in Edinburgh, Scotland. [5] [6] [7] His career best jump was 8.00 metres, achieved in July 1985 in Viareggio. He did have one wind-assisted 8.12 result from June 1986 in Loughborough. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "UK All-Time Lists: Junior Men – Field, Multis, Walks and Relays". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "AAA Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "UK Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "AAA Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, men's long jump, top eight". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "UK All-Time Lists: Men – Jumps". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
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