Michelle Griffith-Robinson
Michelle Amanda Robinson (née Griffith) (born 6 October 1971 in Wembley, Greater London) is a female retired English triple jumper.
Personal information | |
---|---|
Nationality | English |
Born | Wembley, Greater London | 6 October 1971
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Club | Windsor Slough & Eton AC |
Athletics career
She represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics [1] and England in the triple jump event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3] Four years later she represented England for a second time in the triple jump at the Commonwealth Games before appearing for a third time (under her married name) during the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Her personal best jump was 14.08 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Sheffield. In Great Britain, and England, only Ashia Hansen has jumped farther.[5]
Personal life
Griffith also helped open Preston manor's new sports hall in Wembley.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing ![]() ![]() | |||||
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | Triple jump | 12.39 m |
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 14th | Triple jump | 13.10 m |
1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 4th | Triple jump | 13.75 m |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | Triple jump | 13.69 m | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 10th | Triple jump | 13.55 m |
Goodwill Games | St. Petersburg, Russia | 6th | Triple jump | 13.49 m | |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | Triple jump | 13.60 m | |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th | Triple jump | 13.59 m |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 22nd (q) | Triple jump | 12.36 m |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 18th (q) | Triple jump | 13.70 m | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 25th (q) | Triple jump | 13.67 m |
1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6th | Triple jump | 13.77 m |
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 8th | Triple jump | 12.90 m |
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 7th | Triple jump | 12.80 m |
gollark: Idea: x86 obfuscator which just transpiles your code to JavaScript, minifies and incomprehensiblifies it, and ships an entire JS runtime.
gollark: And yet it can apparently be "spoiled" easily?
gollark: ... "security through obscurity" → highly uncool
gollark: apioid.
gollark: From a popular movie.
References
- "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Women) - GBR Athletics
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.