Shane Hair
Shane Hair (born 24 October 1975) is an Australian male former track and field athlete who competed in the long jump. He is a four-time national champion in the long jump, having won three straight titles from 1997 to 1999 and his last in 2004.[1] He ranked fourth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and was fifth at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics with a jump of 8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in) – a career best that ranked him ninth in the world for that season.[2] From Western Australia, he also represented his country at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[3]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 25th (q) | Long jump | 7.23 m |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4th | Long jump | 7.82 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 5th | Long jump | 8.24 m |
National titles
[edit]- Australian Athletics Championships
- Long jump: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Australian Championships Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ Shane Hair Archived 18 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ "Shane Hair". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
External links
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1975 births
- Sportsmen from Western Australia
- Australian male long jumpers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian Athletics Championships winners