long jump

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Return of the Champ: Toby Ojo, West Torrance Sophomore makes his season debut at the Torrance City Champs Meet and captures the varsity long jump crown!

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Rand secured the long jump title at the Tokyo Games in 1964, also winning silver in the inaugural women's pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100m relay.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The world records in the high, triple and long jump were all set in the 1990s, and remain unbroken.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Divine Duruaku and Charlie Husbands agreed to share the men's high jump title after both cleared 2.14m, while Alessandro Schenini won the men's long jump with 7.85m in the first round.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

On the Presidential Fitness Tests she beat me at chin-ups and the long jump and I killed her on push-ups, sit-ups, and the fifty-yard dash.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth