Derrick Brown (long jumper)

Derrick Brown (born 21 November 1963) is a male retired English athlete who specialized in the long jump. His career best jump was 8.00 metres, and his best international result was a fifth place at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Career[]

As a junior athlete, Brown had a personal best jump of 7.54 metres, achieved in June 1982 in Hull.^[1] The next year, he won his first medals in senior competitions, with a bronze medal at the Amateur Athletics Association (AAA) Championships, behind guest jumper Mike Conley, Sr. and Fred Salle,^[2] and a gold medal at the UK Championships. UK Championship gold medals followed in 1984, 1986 and 1988.^[3] At the AAA Indoor Championships, he won a gold medal in 1984 and silver medals in 1985 and 1987,^[4] and at the AAA Championships, he won silver in 1985 and gold in 1986.^[2]

Internationally, he competed for England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he finished fifth with a jump of 7.65 metres.in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[5][6][7] His career best jump was 8.00 metres, achieved in July 1985 in Viareggio. He did have one wind-assisted 8.12 result from June 1986 in Loughborough.^[8]

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