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Michelle Robinson
née Griffith
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1971-10-06) 6 October 1971 (age 53)
Wembley, Greater London, England
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventtriple jump
ClubWindsor, Slough & Eton AC

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]

Biography

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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.

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th Triple jump 12.39 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 14th Triple jump 13.10 m
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 4th Triple jump 13.75 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 9th Triple jump 13.69 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th Triple jump 13.55 m
Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia 6th Triple jump 13.49 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th Triple jump 13.60 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 12th Triple jump 13.59 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 22nd (q) Triple jump 12.36 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 18th (q) Triple jump 13.70 m
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 25th (q) Triple jump 13.67 m
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6th Triple jump 13.77 m
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 8th Triple jump 12.90 m
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 7th Triple jump 12.80 m

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Classy Crampton hits the jackpot". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 June 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  5. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Weekend results". The Scotsman. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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