- Mike Powell (athlete)
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Powell at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.Men's athletics Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Silver 1988 Seoul Long jump Silver 1992 Barcelona Long jump World Championships Gold 1991 Tokyo Long jump Gold 1993 Stuttgart Long jump Bronze 1995 Gothenburg Long jump Michael ("Mike") Anthony Powell born November 10, 1963 American track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record.
is a formerMike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics (Tokyo), he broke Bob Beamon's almost 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 inches), leaping 8.95 m (29 ft 4½ in). The world record still stands. His feat earned him the James E. Sullivan Award and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality Award in 1991. He also holds the longest non-legal jump of 8.99 m (wind-aided +4.4) set at high altitude in Sestriere, Italy in 1992.[1]
Powell won long jump silver medals at both the 1988 Olympics and 1992 Olympics. As well as his famous 1991 victory, he won the long jump again at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, and came third at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics.
After the 1996 Olympics, Powell retired. He returned in 2001 with a goal of competing in the 2004 Olympics, but did not make the American team.
Powell, who attended Edgewood High School in West Covina, California, went on to attend the University of California, Irvine and later transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles, is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Powell is currently an analyst for Yahoo! Sports Olympic Track & Field coverage.
He stated in July 2009 that he intended to return to competition with the aim of breaking Tapani Taavitsainen's Masters over-45 world record in the long jump.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=LJ/detail.html
- ^ Minshull, Phil (2009-07-07). Mike Powell aims to return to competition. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
External links
- IAAF profile for Mike Powell
Records Preceded by
Bob BeamonMen's Long Jump World Record Holder
August 30, 1991 –Succeeded by
IncumbentSporting positions Preceded by
Larry MyricksMen's Long Jump Best Year Performance
1990 — 1991Succeeded by
Carl LewisPreceded by
Carl LewisMen's Long Jump Best Year Performance
1993Succeeded by
Erick WalderWorld Champions in Men's Long Jump 1983 – 1987: Carl Lewis (USA) • 1991 – 1993: Mike Powell (USA) • 1995 – 2001: Iván Pedroso (CUB) • 2003 – 2005: Dwight Phillips (USA) • 2007: Irving Saladino (PAN) • 2009 – 2011: Dwight Phillips (USA)
Australian National Champions in Men's Long Jump 1930: Carl Mahon • 1932: Hubert Day • 1934: Adrian Button • 1936: John Lobban • 1937: Basil Dickinson • 1947 – 1950: Theo Bruce • 1951: Hugh Jack • 1952: Peter Cox • 1953: Brian Oliver • 1954: Hector Hogan • 1955: Ian Bruce • 1956: Brian Oliver • 1957: Hugh Jack • 1958: Jim McCann • 1959: Maurie Rich • 1960: Bevyn Baker • 1961: Alan Crawley • 1962: John Baguley • 1963: Ian Tomlinson • 1964: Murray Tolbert • 1965: Phil May • 1966: Leonid Barkovskiy (URS) • 1967: Alan Crawley • 1968: Gayle Hopkins (USA) • 1969 – 1971: Phil May • 1972: Murray Tolbert • 1973 – 1976: Chris Commons • 1977: Fred Holpen • 1978: Steven Knott • 1979: Gary Honey • 1980: Ian Campbell • 1981 – 1989: Gary Honey • 1990: Dave Culbert • 1991: Jon Moyle (NZL) • 1992: Dave Culbert • 1993: Mike Powell (USA) • 1994: Jai Taurima • 1995: Craig Furber • 1996: Jai Taurima • 1997 – 1999: Shane Hair • 2000 – 2001: Peter Burge • 2002: Tim Parravicini • 2003: Peter Burge • 2004: Shane Hair • 2005: Christopher Noffke • 2006: Fabrice Lapierre • 2007: Tim Parravicini • 2008: Robert Crowther • 2009: Fabrice Lapierre; • 2010: Fabrice Lapierre; • 2011: Mitchell Watt
James E. Sullivan Award winners 1930: Jones | 1931: Berlinger | 1932: Bausch | 1933: Cunningham | 1934: Bonthron | 1935: Little | 1936: Morris | 1937: Budge | 1938: Lash | 1939: Burk | 1940: Rice | 1941: MacMitchell | 1942: Warmerdam | 1943: Dodds | 1944: Curtis | 1945: Blanchard | 1946: Tucker | 1947: Kelly | 1948: Mathias | 1949: Button | 1950: Wilt | 1951: Richards | 1952: Ashenfelter | 1953: Lee | 1954: Whitfield | 1955: Dillard | 1956: McCormick | 1957: Morrow | 1958: Davis | 1959: O'Brien | 1960: Johnson | 1961: Rudolph | 1962: Beatty | 1963: Pennel | 1964: Schollander | 1965: Bradley | 1966: Ryun | 1967: Matson | 1968: Meyer | 1969: Toomey | 1970: Kinsella | 1971: Spitz | 1972: Shorter | 1973: Walton | 1974: Wohlhuter | 1975: Shaw | 1976: Jenner | 1977: Naber | 1978: Caulkins | 1979: Thomas | 1980: Heiden | 1981: Lewis | 1982: Decker | 1983: Moses | 1984: Louganis | 1985: Benoit | 1986: Joyner-Kersee | 1987: Abbott | 1988: Griffith-Joyner | 1989: Evans | 1990: Smith | 1991: Powell | 1992: Blair | 1993: Ward | 1994: Jansen | 1995: Baumgartner | 1996: Johnson | 1997: Manning | 1998: Holdsclaw | 1999: C. Miller & K. Miller | 2000: Gardner | 2001: Kwan | 2002: Hughes | 2003: Phelps | 2004: Hamm | 2005: Redick | 2006: Long | 2007: Tebow | 2008: Johnson | 2009: Palmeiro-Winters | 2010: Lysacek1973: Bob Seagren | 1974: Kyle Rote, Jr. | 1975: O. J. Simpson | 1976: Kyle Rote, Jr. | 1977: Kyle Rote, Jr. | 1978: Wayne Grimditch | 1979: Greg Pruitt | 1980: Charles White | 1981: Renaldo Nehemiah | 1982: Renaldo Nehemiah | 1983: Renaldo Nehemiah | 1984: Tom Petranoff | 1985: Mark Gastineau | 1986: Renaldo Nehemiah | 1987: Herschel Walker | 1988: Herschel Walker | 1989: Willie Gault | 1990: Willie Gault | 1991: Kelly Gruber | 1992: Mike Powell | 1993: Dave Johnson | 1994: Dave Johnson | 1995: competition not held | 1996: competition not held | 1997: competition not held | 1998: Jason Sehorn | 1999: Jason Sehorn | 2000: Jason Sehorn | 2001: Hermann Maier | 2002: Bode Miller | 2003: Jeremy Bloom
Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- University of California, Irvine
- American long jumpers
- African American track and field athletes
- James E. Sullivan Award recipients
- World record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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