List of British champions in long jump
The British long jump athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally represented Great Britain.
Past winners
AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Richard Fitzherbert |
| 1867 | Richard Fitzherbert |
| 1868 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1869 | Alick Tosswill |
| 1870 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1871 | Jenner Davies & Robert Mitchell |
| 1872 | Jenner Davies |
| 1873 | Charles Lockton |
| 1874 | Jenner Davies |
| 1875 | Charles Lockton |
| 1876 | John Alkin |
| 1877 | John Alkin |
| 1878 | Edmund Baddeley |
| 1879 | William Elliott / Charles Lockton |
| AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1988-1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Men AAA | Women AAA | Year | Men UK | Women UK |
| 1988 | Stewart Faulkner | Fiona May | 1988 | Derrick Brown | Mary Berkeley |
| 1989 | Stewart Faulkner | Fiona May | 1989 | Mark Forsythe | Fiona May |
| 1990 | Stewart Faulkner | Fiona May | 1990 | Kevin Liddington | Mary Berkeley |
| 1991 | Barrington Williams | Fiona May | 1991 | Mark Forsythe | Fiona May |
| 1992 | Mark Forsythe | Fiona May | 1992 | Stewart Faulkner | Oluyinka Idowu |
| 1993 | Fred Salle | Joanne Wise | 1993 | Ian Simpson | Fiona May |
| 1994 | Barrington Williams | Oluyinka Idowu | n/a | ||
| 1995 | Fred Salle | Denise Lewis | n/a | ||
| 1996 | Darren Ritchie | Denise Lewis | n/a | ||
| 1997 | Steve Phillips | Andrea Coore | 1997 | Steve Phillips | Joanne Wise |
AAA Championships
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 1998 | Nathan Morgan | Denise Lewis |
| 1999 | Steve Phillips | Jo Wise |
| 2000 | George Audu | Jo Wise |
| 2001 | Nathan Morgan | Ann Danson |
| 2002 | Darren Ritchie | Jade Johnson |
| 2003 | Darren Ritchie | Jade Johnson |
| 2004 | Chris Tomlinson | Jade Johnson |
| 2005 | Greg Rutherford | Kelly Sotherton |
| 2006 | Greg Rutherford | Kelly Sotherton |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
References
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.