Roy Mitchell (athlete)

Roy Mitchell (born 1 January 1955) is a British former long jumper who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. His personal best jump was 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in). He was also the gold medallist in the event for England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.^[1]

References

↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

Commonwealth Games champions in men's long jump

1930: Len Hutton (CAN)
1934: Sam Richardson (CAN)
1938: Harold Brown (CAN)
1950: Neville Price (SAF)
1954: Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)
1958: Paul Foreman (JAM)
1962: Michael Ahey (GHA)
1966–1970: Lynn Davies (WAL)
1974: Alan Lerwill (ENG)
1978: Roy Mitchell (ENG)
1982–1986: Gary Honey (AUS)
1990: Yusuf Alli (NGR)
1994: Obinna Eregbu (NGR)
1998: Peter Burge (AUS)
2002: Nathan Morgan (ENG)
2006: Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)
2010: Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)
2014: Greg Rutherford (ENG)

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