A Conversation for Great Sporting Achievements
Jonathan Edwards
tourdelux Started conversation May 1, 2003
Jonathan Edwards' 1995 world-record triple jump of 18 m 29 cm has to be one of the greatest sporting achievments of all time. At the beginning of his career he also stood up by refusing to compete on Sundays as it conflicted with his Christian beliefs, but he was in the end persuaded to. He has remained the World's best triple-jumper for the past ten years and has also succeeded in graduating with a physics degree from Durham University.
Jonathan Edwards
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Gothenburg 1995...I remember it well! 
A virtual unknown then too & shot onto the world stage.
Now, if I'm not mistaken, he is the reigning European, World & Olympic champion! 
Amazing what you can do with a little bit of faith!
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