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.
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since the Games' inception in 1896.
Chaunté Lowe is an American athlete who competes in the high jump. A four-time Olympian, she is the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2005 World Championship silver medalist and the 2012 World Indoor gold medalist. She initially finished sixth in the 2008 Olympic high jump final, but was promoted to the bronze medal in 2016 after three competitors were disqualified for doping. She is the American record holder in the women's high jump with an outdoor clearance of 2.05 m in 2010, and holds the indoor record with a clearance of 2.02 m in 2012.
Amanda Smock is an American triple jumper who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In college, she was a three-time NCAA Division II track and field champion. She won the triple jump events at the United States Outdoor Championships in 2011 and 2012, and at the Indoor Championships in 2011.
Nikolia "Niki" Mitropoulou is a Greek high jumper. She attained her best jump of 1.91 metres from the Greek national championships to secure a spot on the Greek athletics squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout her sporting career, Mitropoulou trained as a full-fledged member of the athletics team for Panionios G.S.S. in Nea Smyrni, Athens.
Antoniya Yordanova is a retired Bulgarian long jumper. She was selected to compete for the Bulgarian Olympic team in the long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics after recording a personal best of 6.78 metres from the European Cup First League in the capital Sofia. Yordanova also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the sport club Lokomotiv Plovdiv under her coach and three-time Balkan champion Atanas Atanasov.
Tina Čarman is a retired Slovenian long jumper. She was selected to compete for the Slovenian Olympic team in the long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics after recording a personal best of 6.56 metres from a national athletics meet in Dolenjske Toplice. Carman also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the Dolenjske Toplice Sports Club under her coach Dobrivoje Vučkovič.
Giannoula "Ioanna" Kafetzi is a retired Greek sprinter and long jumper. Kafetzi won a bronze medal, as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay team, at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia, until she decided to focus extensively in the long jump and competed for the Greek squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. During her athletics career, Kafetzi spanned a personal best of 6.71 metres in the long jump at the Venizelia International Meet in Chania.
Marina Lapina is a retired Russian-born Azerbaijani hammer thrower. She was selected to compete for the Azerbaijan Olympic squad in the hammer throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics, after launching her personal best throw of 64.26 metres from the national athletics meet in Baku.
Julia Dubina is a Georgian triple jumper. She was selected to compete for the Georgian Olympic squad in the triple jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, after leaping her own personal best and a national record of 14.03 metres from the athletics meet in Baku.
Olga Shchukina is a retired Uzbek shot putter. Shchukina was selected to the Uzbek Olympic squad in the shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but her feat had been outweighed with a doping failure for testing positive on clenbuterol during the pre-competition screening, which resulted to her immediate expulsion from the Games. During her athletic career, Shchukina launched her personal best shot of 17.26 at the 2004 Asian Cup League Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Filiz Kadoğan is a retired Turkish shot putter. She earned a bronze medal in the women's shot put at the 2003 European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and later represented her nation Turkey on her senior stint at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout her athletics career, Kadogan trained full-time for Fenerbahçe Sports Club in her native Istanbul under her coach and longtime mentor Sevinç Esmer. Kadogan has a personal outdoor best of 17.36 metres, set in 2009.
Oksana Volodymyrivna Zakharchuk is a retired Ukrainian shot putter. She represented Ukraine in the women's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also set a personal best of 19.05 metres from the national athletics meet in Kyiv.
Tetyana Shchurenko is a retired Ukrainian triple jumper. She represented her nation Ukraine in the triple jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also set a personal best of 14.22 metres from the national athletics meet in Kyiv.
Yuliana Pérez Martinéz is an American triple jumper of Cuban heritage. Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, she attained two U.S. outdoor championship titles in the triple jump, picked up a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and finished twenty-eighth at the 2004 Summer Olympics. During her track and field career, Perez has acquired a personal best of 14.23 m and 13.80 m each in the outdoors and indoors, respectively.
Abdulrahman Faraj Sultan Al-Nubi is a retired Qatari long jumper. He represented his nation Qatar in two editions of the Olympic Games, and also acquired a personal best of 8.13 metres in the long jump to top the prelims at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships in Manila, Philippines. He is also the younger brother of relay runner and two-time Olympian Mubarak Al-Nubi.
Yann Domenech is a retired French long jumper. Representing his nation France at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Domenech registered his best jump at 8.28 m from the Lyon-Parilly Athletics Meet in Vénissieux two months before the Games. Throughout his career in track and field, Domenech trained for AC Bourg Saint Andéol in Pierrelatte, under his personal coach Christian Branchereau.
Dimitrios Filindras is a retired Greek long jumper. He was selected to compete for the host nation Greece's largest Olympic team in the men's long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also trained throughout his athletics career for the sport club Pelasgos Larissas. In June 2003, Filindras recorded his best jump at 8.30 m from the Venizelia International Athletics Meet in Chania.
Aleksey Lesnichiy is a retired Belarusian high jumper. Lesnichiy was selected to compete for the Belarusian squad in the men's high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but his participation had been abruptly outweighed with a doping failure for testing positive on clenbuterol, which resulted to his impending expulsion from the Games. During his athletic career, Lesnichiy cleared a height at 2.30 m to establish his own personal best from the 2003 Belarusian Athletics Meet in Minsk.
The women's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.
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