Brian Wellman

Brian Wellman (born September 8, 1967) is a former triple jumper from Bermuda, who became indoor world champion in 1995, setting a new championship record (CR) of 17.72. His personal best outdoors was 17.62 metres. Both these marks are Bermudian records. In addition, he has a wind-assisted (+7.1 m/s) mark of 17.75 metres.^[1]

Wellman competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won two NCAA Outdoor triple jump titles.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Bermuda
1986	CARIFTA Games	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	1st	15.87 m w
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	8th	15.28 m (wind: -1.4m/s)
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	16.98 m
	Universiade	Sheffield, England	1st	17.07 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	5th	17.24 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	17.27 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	17.12 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	17.00 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	17.72 m
	World Championships	Goteborg, Sweden	2nd	17.62 m w (wind: +2.7m/s)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th	16.95 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th	17.22 m
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	17.01 m
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	17.24 m A
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	6th	16.81 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	8th	15.84 m
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	9th	15.31 m

World rankings

Wellman was ranked among the top ten triple jumpers in the world by Track and Field News on seven occasions:^[2]

Year	Event	World rank
1992	Triple Jump	5th
1993	Triple Jump	8th
1994	Triple Jump	3rd
1995	Triple Jump	3rd
1996	Triple Jump	5th
1997	Triple Jump	9th
2001	Triple Jump	10th

References

2. http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/tjworldranking.pdf

External links

• Brian Wellman profile at IAAF
• Bernews: Brian Wellman Bio, Photos and Videos