Greg RUTHERFORD

Great Britain & N.I.

Greg Rutherford - Great Britain & N.I. - 2006 European Championships Long Jump silver.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 08 August 2006

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Monday, 17 November 1986
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Milton Keynes, England
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Great Britain & N.I.
    • Event(s)
      Long Jump
    • Championship Performances
      Olympics: 2016 bronze long jump, 2012 Gold long jump
      Worlds: 2015 Gold long jump, 2009
      5th long jump.
      European: 2016 & 2014 Gold long jump, 
      2006 silver Long Jump
      Commonwealth: 2014 Gold long jump, 2011 silver Long Jump
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Greg RUTHERFORD - Great Britain & N.I. - 2006 European Championships Long Jump silver.

The pictures above show Greg Rutherford during qualifying for the Long jump final at the 2006

European Championships in Gothenburg. He produced a fine leap of 8.13m in the final

itself to win the silver medal behind Italy's Andrew Howe. Ukraine's Oleksiy Lukashevych,

the defending champion, finished in the bronze medal position, just 1cm behind Rutherford.

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Men's Long Jump Final.
European Athletics Champs 2006

1. Andrew HOWE   ITA     8.20
2. Greg RUTHERFORD   GBR     8.13
3. Oleksiy LUKASHEVYCH   UKR     8.12
4. Viktor KUZNETSOV   UKR     7.96
5. Kafetien GOMIS   FRA     7.93
6. Nelson EVORA   POR     7.91
7. Ruslan GATAULLIN   RUS     7.91
8. Louis TSATOUMAS   GRE     7.84