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Michelle Griffith-Robinson
English triple jumper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michelle Amanda Robinson (née Griffith) (born 6 October 1971) is a retired female English triple jumper who was born in Wembley, Greater London, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Biography
Griffith became the British triple jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1994 AAA Championships.[2] She retained her title at the 1995 AAA Championships before finishing second to Ashia Hansen in 1996.[3]
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Griffith represented Great Britain in the triple jump event.[4]
Griffith represented England in the triple jump event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5][6] before winning two more AAA titles in 1999[7] and 2000.[8]
In 2004, Griffith won her fifth and last AAA title at the 2004 AAA Championships two years after representingd England for a second time in the triple jump at the Commonwealth Games, before appearing for a third time (under her married name, Robinson) during the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[9]
Her personal best jump was 14.08 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Sheffield.
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