He was 37 years old when he retired after the 2003 World Championships.
The bests performance in the triple jump is Jonathan Edwards 18.43 Jump. Its is not the world record because of a stong wind. Edwards also has the world recrod with a jump of 18.29 meters.
Yes ... triple jumper Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain won gold at the 2000 Games in Sydney. He also won silver at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
World: Jonathan Edwards (18.29 meters). Olympic: Kenny Harrison (18.09 meters).
Men: Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain. Women: Tereza Marinova of Bulgaria.
Outdoors:Great Britain's Jonathan Edwards is the current men's world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 18.29 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.He also has a jump of 18.43 metres (meters) which was not in the record book because of a strong tailwind.Ukraine's Inessa Kravets is the current women's world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.50 metres (meters) in 1995 is the current world record.Indoors:France's Teddy Tamgho is the current men's indoor world record holder in the triple jump. His jump of 17.90 metres (meters) in 2010 is the current indoor world record.Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva is the current women's indoor world record holder in the triple jump. Her jump of 15.38 metres (meters) in 2004 is the current indoor world record.
The world record for the longest triple jump for men is held by Jonathan Edwards with a jump of 18.29 meters (60 ft 0 in) set in 1995. For women, the world record is held by Inessa Kravets with a jump of 15.50 meters (50 ft 10 in) set in 1995.
Jonathan Edwards, Triple Jump 18m 29 - over 60 feet
He broke the Triple Jump World Record and currently still holds it. He was also the Olympic Triple Jump gold medalist in 2000 and 1996 Olympic Triple Jump silver medalist.
No Larry (real name Onochie) doesn't hold any important triple jump records (national, European, world) however he won the world junior title and the Commonwealth Games and has competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympic Games.
The current world record holder is Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with a jump of 18.29 metres (60' 1/4". which he set on the 7th August 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
I'm not sure if this is the only event, but Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain is the world record holder in the triple jump with a jump of 18.29 meters.
Before the current record holder, Edwards, was Willie Banks.