| Event Record Athlete | High jump 2.36 m Brandon Starc | Pole vault 6.05 m Dmitri Markov | Long jump 8.54 m (+1.7 m/s) Mitchell Watt | Triple jump 17.46 m (+1.7 m/s) Ken Lorraway |
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What is the current world high jump record?
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men’s record holder with a jump of
2.45 m ( 8 ft 1⁄4 in)
set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men’s high jump.
What is the current Australian record for the men’s long jump?
| Event Record Athlete | High jump 2.36 m Brandon Starc | Pole vault 6.05 m Dmitri Markov | Long jump 8.54 m (+1.7 m/s) Mitchell Watt | Triple jump 17.46 m (+1.7 m/s) Ken Lorraway |
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How many Olympic World Records does Australia have?
| Australia at the Olympics | Medals Ranked 14th Gold 169 Silver 178 Bronze 215 Total 562 | Summer appearances |
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What is the Paralympic long jump record?
This past June, Rehm bettered his para world record in the long jump to
8.62 meters
. By comparison, Miltiadis Tentoglou won gold at this summer’s Olympics with a jump of 8.41 meters.
Who is the fastest Australian ever?
Patrick Johnson (Kaanju)
Patrick Johnson can proudly claim to be Australia’s fastest man. As the only Australian ever to break the 10-second barrier for the 100m, Patrick’s speed and determination to succeed made him a star of the Australian athletics scene.
Who is the fastest 12 year old 100m?
Gallaugher
has clocked 11.72 seconds for the 100m, faster than any one in his age group in the US or Australia. His talent means that Michael Johnson’s Athletic Institute have been in touch to get Gallaugher over to train in Ohio but he won’t be going until next year.
Who has jumped the highest?
Currently, the world record holder is
Javier Sotomayor from Cuba
. In 1993, he jumped an incredible (for humans!) 8.03 feet!
Who holds the world record long jump?
American Mike Powell
jumped 8.95m to set a new world record eclipsing Beamon’s jump by 5cm. Powell’s jump is the only time someone has jumped further than Beamon. Beamon still holds the Olympic record and it is still the longest-standing record in a summer Olympics.
Who has jumped the highest in football?
Ronaldo
had initially set the record for recording the highest jump for a header last season – when he leapt 8 ft 5 inches into the air to score against Sampdoria.
Who is Australia’s most successful Olympian?
Ian Thorpe
is Australia’s most successful Olympian of all time with a total of nine medals, (five gold, three silver and one bronze medal) from Sydney and Athens combined.
What was Australia’s most successful Olympics?
Australia’s best ever medal tally was at the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
. See also the Australia’s Winter Olympics medal tally.
Who is Australia’s most successful female Olympian?
WA Olympians arrive in Perth
Emma McKeon
has taken out her third gold medal of Tokyo 2020 to surpass Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones as the most successful Australian Olympian of all time. The 27-year-old was never headed as she touched in 23.81, breaking her own Olympic record, to win the 50m freestyle final on Sunday.
Who is the fastest Paralympic?
Norway’s Salum Ageze Kashafali
ran the fastest 100 metres in Paralympic Games history to complete his extraordinary journey from civil war refugee to champion.
What is T13 in Paralympics?
Athletes with a T13/F13 sport class have
the least severe vision impairment eligible for
Para athletics. They have the highest visual acuity and/or a visual field of less than 40 degrees diameter.
What disabilities qualify for the Paralympics?
Paralympics welcomes athletes from six main disability categories:
amputee, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, visually impaired, spinal injuries and Les Autres
(French for “the others”, a category that includes conditions that do not fall into the categories mentioned before).
