Walter is pictured above at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart.
He finished in third place in the Triple Jump behind Yoandri Betanzos
and Jadel Gregorio. A week later he represented the USA in the World Cup,
this time turing the tables on Gregorio to take the honours
with a leap of 17.54m.
.
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Men's Triple Jump
2006 Grand Prix Final.
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| 1. Yoandri Betanzos |
|
CUB |
|
17.29 |
| 2. Jadel Gregorio |
|
BRA |
|
17.12 |
| 3. Walter Davis |
|
USA |
|
16.98 |
| 4. Alexander Martinez |
|
SUI |
|
16.91 |
| 5. Julien Kapek |
|
FRA |
|
16.85 |
| 6. Aarik Wilson |
|
USA |
|
16.78 |
| 7. Randy Lewis |
|
GRN |
|
16.72 |
| 8. Marian Oprea |
|
ROM |
|
16.56 |
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Men's Triple Jump.
2006 World Cup
|
| 1. Walter Davis |
|
USA |
|
17.54 |
| 2. Jadel Gregorio |
|
AME |
|
17.41 |
| 3. Marian Oprea |
|
EUR |
|
17.05 |
| 4. Yanxi Li |
|
ASI |
|
16.87 |
| 5. Danila Burkenya |
|
RUS |
|
16.84 |
| 6. Tarik Bougtaib |
|
AFR |
|
16.57 |
| 7. Julien Kapek |
|
FRA |
|
16.56 |
| 8. Alwyn Jones |
|
OCE |
|
16.42 |
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