The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948.
Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion. He was also the silver medallist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and the winner of the high jump at the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won the gold medal, but it was later stripped for a doping violation.
Bohdan Viktorovych Bondarenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. He is the 2013 World champion, 2014 European champion, and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist.
Mercy Kuttan is a former Indian track and field athlete. She was the first Indian woman long jumper to cross six meters. In 1989, Mercy received Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics.
Mayookha Johny is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala who specialises in long jump and triple jump. She holds the current Indian National record for triple jump with a mark of 14.11 m. She is the first Indian woman to cross the fourteen-metre mark.
Kumaravel Premkumar is an Indian long jumper from Tamil Nadu. He is the national record-holder in both the indoor and outdoor long jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and a silver at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.
Brooke Buschkuehl is an Australian long jumper. She is the current Australian & Oceanic Record Holder. She represented Australia in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, Stratton jumped a distance of 6.6m in her Women's long jump heat and therefore qualified for the final. In the final she improved the distance to 6.8m but this was not sufficient to gain a medal. She came seventh, 0.17m less than the eventual winner, Malaika Mihambo of Germany.
Seaman Muhammed Anas Yahiya is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres distance. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres and the 4 × 400 m relay, and holds the national record (45.24) in the 400 meters, which he set at the 2019 Czech Athletics Championships. And finally he won a gold medal at the men's 4×400 metres relay event at the 2022 Asian Games.
Tejaswin Shankar is an Indian athlete who competes in the decathlon event. He holds the high jump national record of 2.29 metres set in April 2018.
Tajinderpal Singh Tooor is an Indian shot putter who is a two-time Asian champion, an Asian Games gold-medallist, four time national champion, an Olympian supported by OGQ and the current Asian record holder in Asian and national record of 21.77m.
Murali Sreeshankar is an Indian athlete who competes in the long jump event. He created a national record of 8.36 metres set in 2022.
Shaili Singh is an Indian athlete who competes in long jump events, supported by OGQ. She is the junior Indian national long jump champion in age group categories and ranks among world's top 20 long jumpers in the Under-18 category. She holds the national record for long jump in the Under-18 category. She is trained by veteran Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George and her husband Robert Bobby George.
Cheswill Johnson is a South African athlete who predominantly competes in the long jump.
Priyanka Goswami is an Indian athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. She represented India at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing in 17th position. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 meters walk at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She is first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in the 10,000m event. She qualified for the Paris Olympics by meeting the mark at the Indian Open National Race walking competition in Ranchi on 14 February 2023.
India is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920, although they made the team's official debut in Paris 1900.
Sarvesh Anil Kushare is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump, supported by OGQ. He is named in the Indian athletics team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.
Ankita Dhyani is an Indian athlete from Uttarakhand. She is a middle-distance and long-distance runner. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the 5000m event in the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Paris and will represent India in the women's 5000m event.
Akshdeep Singh is an Indian athlete from Punjab who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, supported by OGQ. He holds the Indian National record in 20km race walk. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the 20 km race walk and the mixed marathon race walking which makes its debut at the Paris Olympics, along with Priyanka Goswami.
Lin Yu-tang is a Taiwanese long jumper. He was the 2023 indoor and outdoor Asian Champion in the long jump. In 2023, he set a Chinese Taipei record leap of 8.40 m, qualifying him for his first Olympic Games in Paris.
