Michelle Griffith-Robinson

Michelle Robinson
née Griffith
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1971-10-06) 6 October 1971
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

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

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

  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.