Nelson Evora of Portugal won the men's event in 2008.
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∙ 14y agoThe United States won the gold medal in the Men's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The gold medal in the Women's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was given to Colombia.
The first Olympic Champion of the Modern Olympics was James Connolly (USA) who won the inaugural Men's Triple Jump.
The winners in the Men's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Christian Taylor, Will Claye, and Bin Dong. Taylor won the gold medal, Claye won the silver medal, and Dong won the bronze medal. The united States won both gold and silver medals in this event.
Venezuela won the silver medal in the Women's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan (KAZ)
The silver medal in the Men's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was awarded to the United States. The gold medal was also given to the United States.
James Connolly of the United States. The first event that had a winner in the Modern Olympics was the triple jump which was contested April 6, 1896. Connolly won with a jump of 13.71 meters.
Christian Taylor United States (USA)
The silver medal in the Men's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was awarded to Will Claye.
Yulimar Rojas was the silver medalist in the Women's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Carl Lewis won gold in the long jump in four successive olympics. Al Oerter won gold in the discuss in four successive olympics. I believe somebody also did this in Equestrian but I do not know their name.