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New Zealand long jumper
Robert Edwin Thomas (20 March 1939 – 26 January 2016)[1] was a New Zealand long jumper who still holds the current national long jump record of 8.05m. He won three national titles in the long jump.[2]
Personal bests [ ]
Event
Distance
Place
Date
Long jump
8.05 m NR
Whangarei
1968
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1888: F. Perry
1889–1890: J. McNaught
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1939: E. Phillips
1940: L. Grey
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1945: G. Hunter
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1951–1958: Peter Wells
1959: B. Thomas
1960: Bob Thomas
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2009: Robbie Grabarz (GBR)
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2015: Hamish Kerr
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2017–2021: Hamish Kerr
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