List of British champions in long jump
The British long jump athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally represented Great Britain.
Past winners
[edit]AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Richard Fitzherbert |
| 1867 | Richard Fitzherbert |
| 1868 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1869 | Alick Tosswill |
| 1870 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1871 | Jenner Davies & Robert Mitchell |
| 1872 | Jenner Davies |
| 1873 | Charles Lockton |
| 1874 | Jenner Davies |
| 1875 | Charles Lockton |
| 1876 | John Alkin |
| 1877 | John Alkin |
| 1878 | Edmund Baddeley |
| 1879 | William Elliott / Charles Lockton |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.