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Greg Rutherford is a British athlete and sprinter who competes in long jump. Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, he began his professional career in 2005. He represents the United Kingdom in international competition and speaks English.
Rutherford has participated in several major events, including the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as the men's long jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. For his contributions to sport, he was awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Key facts
- Full name
- Gregory James Rutherford
- Born
- ( 1986-11-17 ) 17 November 1986 (age 39) , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , England
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 92 kg (203 lb)
- Sport
- Men's athletics
- Event
- Long jump
- Club
- Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club
- Personal best s
- Long jump 8.51 m ( Chula Vista 2014), 100 m 10.26 ( Gateshead 2010)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rutherford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Milton Keynes
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 92
- Official website
- gregjrutherford.com
- Image
- Greg Rutherford Gold Medal in Long Jump crop.jpg
- Height
- 188
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- Greg Rutherford
- date of birth
- 1986-11-17
- sports discipline competed in
- long jump
- social media followers
- 234028
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Gregory James Rutherford (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. Rutherford is the most recent of only five athletes to win the ''Grand Slam" of Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in the same event and the only one also to win the Diamond League.
A European Junior Champion in 2005, Rutherford first made a mark on the senior circuit with a silver medal in the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Between 2012 and 2016 Rutherford won the long jump gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 and 2016 European Athletics Championships and 2015 World Athletics Championships and topped the 2015 IAAF Diamond League rankings in the event. A bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics proved his final major medal, as ankle injuries plagued him for the next two years. He retired from the sport through injury in 2018.
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