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The triple jump has been included in the modern Olympic Games since its first celebration in 1896. In fact, the first modern Olympic Champion, James Connolly, was a triple jumper, however, the event at this time consisted of two hops and a jump. In 1996, a triple jump event for women was added to the Olympics, having already been included in both the Outdoor World Championships and World Indoor Championships.
The current male and female world record holders are Jonathan Edwards of the UK, with a jump of 18.29 metres ( Goteborg, August 7, 1995) and Inessa KravetsInessa Kravets jumped the world record at the 1995 world championships after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. She has also competed at a high level in the Long jump. of UkraineUkraine Ukrayina in Ukrainian; in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west and Romania and Moldova to the west and with a jump of 15.50 metres (Goteborg, August 10August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 143 days remaining. The term "the 10th of August" is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on August 10, 1792, th, 1995). The men's world indoor record is shared by Aliecer Urrutia of CubaAlternate meanings: see Cuba (disambiguation The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean, in between the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west M and Christian OlssonChristian Olsson (born January 25, 1980) is a Swedish athlete and triple jumper from Gothenburg. Olsson had his international breakthrough in 2001 when he won silver at the World Championships. He has the Swedish national record outdoors, 17. 79m ( 2004 S of SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf with a mark of 17.83 metres. The women's world indoor record measures 15.36 metres, jumped by Tatyana LebedevaTatyana Lebedeva (born July 21, 1976) is a Russian athlete. Born in Volgograd, Tatyana competes on the world stage in both the long jump and triple jump disciplines. In the finals of the 2004 World Indoor Championships, after equalling Ashia Hansens tripl of RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Other famous triple jumpers:
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