Jacob Fincham-Dukes
 Fincham-Dukes, 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1997 Harrogate | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | |||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 8.20m (Austin, 2024) | |||||||||||
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Jacob Fincham-Dukes (born 12 January 1997) is a British athlete who competes in the long jump. In 2022, he became the English long jump champion. In 2023 and 2024 he won the British Outdoor National Championships.
Early life
[edit]He attended St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate and St Aidan's and St John Fisher Associated Sixth Form in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He then attended Oklahoma State University–Stillwater for whom he became the school record holder at long jump indoors and outdoors and competed at the NCAA Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]Junior career
[edit]Fincham-Dukes won silver at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships in the long jump, finishing behind Anatoliy Ryapolov. His distance in that event was a personal best 7.75m and was described by his local newspaper the Harrogate Advertiser as “the length of two Mini Cooper’s.[2] He won 6 England Long Jump junior titles between the ages of 15 and 22.
2021 - Senior Championship debut
[edit]Fincham-Dukes relocated to Oklahoma State University and competed on the American collegiate circuit.[3] Returning to Europe to compete at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he finished seventh in the final of the long jump at the Arena Toruń in Poland in March 2021.[4] This event came just after he achieved a new personal best jump of 8.08m at the British trials in Lee Valley.[5] On 26 March 2022, he jumped 8.45m 3.6w, the second longest jump in British history, in winning the Texas Relays.[6]
2022 - English Champion and outdoor Championship debut
[edit]On 31 July 2022 he became the English long jump champion, jumping 7.58m in Bedford at the Bedford Athletic Stadium. After qualifying for the final of the long jump at the 2022 European Athletics Championships held in Munich in August 2022 Fincham-Dukes called out television broadcasters for not focusing enough on field events.[7] In the final itself, he managed a 8.06m season best jump to lead the event after round one before ultimately finishing second. It was due to be his first medal at a senior major championships.[8] However, after the event an appeal by the French Federation against his first jump was successful and after the event had ended it was deemed a foul. A counter appeal by the British team was unsuccessful and he was demoted from second to fifth.[9][10]
2023 - British Championship wins
[edit]In July 2023, he competed at the British Outdoor Championships, held in Manchester. He won the event with a jump of 7.86m in round two.[11]
2024 - Olympics
[edit]In April 2024, he followed up his 8.02 indoor leap with a new personal best of 8.20m (1.2) in winning the Texas Invitational event posting the UKA Olympic qualifying standard and moving to 6th UK all time.[12] In May 2024, he was selected to represent Britain in the long jump at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome where he placed fourth overall.[13][14] In June 2024, he retained his British national championship title at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[15][16] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he finished 5th with a jump of 8.14m.[17][18]
References
[edit]- ^ "JACOB FINCHAM-DUKES". okstate.com.
- ^ "Rising star Jacob Fincham-Dukes leaps to European Junior Championships silver". Harrogateadvitiser.co.uk.
- ^ "Jacob Fincham-Dukes is going for gold". Athletics Weekly.
- ^ "Flying Brits Light up Friday Night in Poland". thesportsman.com.
- ^ "Jacob Fincham-Dukes is going for gold". athleticsweekly.com.
- ^ "Reigning European U20 Champions Excel in the States". EuropeanAthletics.com.
- ^ "JACOB FINCHAM-DUKES CALLS FOR GREATER LONG JUMP COVERAGE". Eurosport.co.uk.
- ^ "ATHLETICS-MEN'S LONG JUMP FINAL RESULTS". results.mun.mev.atos.net.
- ^ "European Championships Munich 2022: Dina Asher-Smith pulls up with cramp after Lamont Marcell Jacobs won men's 100m". bbcsport.
- ^ "Jacob Fincham-Dukes denied long jump siler". athleticsweekly.
- ^ "HUGHES AND CAUDERY AMONG THOSE TO EXCEL ON DAY ONE OF UK ATHLETICS CHAMPS". British Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (27 April 2024). "Daryll Neita enjoys big win at Diamond League in Suzhou". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championship". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OLYMPIC TRIALS 2024: ALL RESULTS - COMPLETE LIST". Olympics.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (29 June 2024). "Molly Caudery soars to 4.83m win at UK Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's Long Jump Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
