Robert Crowther
Australian long jumper
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Born | (1987-08-02) 2 August 1987 (age 37) Cloncurry, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 17 April 2013 |
Robert Crowther (born 2 August 1987 in Cloncurry) is an Australian long jumper. His personal best is 8.12 metres, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League in 2011 in Stockholm. In a recent[when?] survey conducted by the IAAF, Robbie was voted the sexiest man in track and field (IAAF, 2011). Robert Crowther identifies as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2004 | Oceania Youth Championships | Townsville, Australia | 1st | High jump | 1.95 m |
Oceania Youth Championships | Townsville, Australia | 1st | Long jump | 6.81 m w (wind: +2.4 m/s) | |
Oceania Youth Championships | Townsville, Australia | 1st | Triple jump | 14.92 m (wind: +1.8 m/s) | |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | Long jump | 8.00 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) PB |
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | Long jump | 8.02 PB |
2008 | Australian Athletics Championships | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | Long Jump | 7.96m (+1.1 Wind) |
2010 | Australian Athletics Championships | Perth, Australia | 3rd | Long Jump | 7.91m |
2011 | Australian Athletics Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 2nd | Long jump | 8.05 PB (+2.5 Wind) |
References
- Robert Crowther at World Athletics
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Universiade champions in men's long jump
- 1959: Attilio Bravi (ITA)
- 1961–1965: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1967: Naoki Abe (JPN)
- 1970: Alan Lerwill (GBR)
- 1973: Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS)
- 1975: Grzegorz Cybulski (POL)
- 1977: Nenad Stekić (YUG)
- 1979: Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS)
- 1981: László Szalma (HUN)
- 1983: Yusuf Alli (NGR)
- 1985: Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
- 1987: Mike Powell (USA)
- 1989: Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
- 1991: Alan Turner (USA)
- 1993: Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA)
- 1995: Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
- 1997: Iván Pedroso (CUB)
- 1999: Oleksy Lukashevych (BLR)
- 2001: Miguel Pate (USA)
- 2003: Valeriy Vasylyev (UKR)
- 2005: Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR)
- 2007: Robert Crowther (AUS)
- 2009: Kim Deok-hyeon (KOR)
- 2011: Su Xiongfeng (CHN)
- 2013: Luis Rivera (MEX)
- 2015: Pavel Shalin (RUS)
- 2017: Radek Juška (CZE)
- 2019: Yuki Hashioka (JPN)
- 2021: Zhang Jingqiang (CHN)
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