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Lynn Davies, indoor and outdoor Welsh record holder in the long jump with leaps of 8.23 outdoors and 7.97 indoors respectively. Lynn remains as the only athlete to win Olympic gold in track and field since his win in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame (WSHOF) is a charitable organisation created to commemorate the sporting achievements and preserve the artefacts of Welsh athletes. It was established in 1980 from the memorabilia collection of Welsh radio commentator G. V. Wynne-Jones.
[12] [16] Michelle Probert was the first woman from Wales to win an Olympic medal, running in the 4 × 400 m relay, while no female athlete from Wales has won an individual Olympic medal. [16] Some of the more notable Welsh athletes include Lynn Davies, gold medalist in the long jump in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed 'Lynn the Leap ...
The total number of medals won by Welsh athletes at the Paris Olympics is now 12, although there have been 13 medallists with some team events included in the tally. So Welsh athletes have won ...
Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, [2] became world champion twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was twice Commonwealth champion.
BBC Sport Wales picks out eight athletes to watch as the countdown continues towards this year's Olympic Games. Olympic Games: Eight Welsh athletes to watch as Paris 2024 countdown continues Skip ...
He was the first Welsh person to win individual Olympic gold in a field event. He was 18th in the 1972 Olympic long jump, [3] his selection being something of a surprise at the time. [citation needed] Outside the Olympics, Davies was the 1966 European champion in the long jump and was the silver medallist three years later.
Iwan Thomas being interviewed after lighting the Olympic cauldron in Cambridge during the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. His father was born to Welsh-born parents in Middlesex , whilst his mother's Welsh language speaking family were centred around the village of Llandderfel , Gwynedd .