Alan Lerwill
British long jumper (1946–2021)
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Full name | Alan Leslie Lerwill |
Nationality | England |
Born | (1946-11-15)15 November 1946 Portsmouth |
Died | 6 February 2021(2021-02-06) (aged 74) |
Alan Leslie Lerwill (15 November 1946 – 6 February 2021)[1] was a male British international long jumper.[2]
Athletics career
He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics,[3] coming seventh in the latter.[4] He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games long jump, and gold medal in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[5][6] He also competed in the triple jump in both of those games, and set a British high jump record of 2.10m in 1973.[4][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Alan Lerwill: 1946-2021". EnglandAthletics.org.
- ^ "Alan Lerwill". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan Lerwill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Alan LERWILL - 1974 Commonwealth Games Long Jump Champion. - Great Britain". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
External links
- Alan Lerwill at World Athletics
- Alan Lerwill at Team GB
- Alan Lerwill at Olympics.com
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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: Lynn Davies (WAL)
- 1970: Lynn Davies (WAL)
- 1974: Alan Lerwill (ENG)
- 1978: Roy Mitchell (ENG)
- 1982: Gary Honey (AUS)
- 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)
- 2018: Luvo Manyonga (RSA)
- 2022: LaQuan Nairn (BAH)
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