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Greg Rutherford

British long jumper

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Also known as Gregory James Rutherford

Born: November 17, 1986
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1.Stated in World Athletics database
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Birthplace: Milton Keynes
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: sprinter
, long jumper
, athletics competitor
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1.Stated in All-Athletics.comRetrieved 2022-04-06
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Education: Ranelagh School
Height: 188 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Gregory James Rutherford is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. Rutherford is the most recent of only five athletes to win the ''Grand Slam" of Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in the same event and the only one also to win the Diamond League.

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Sex or gender: male
Awards: Member of the Order of the British Empire
Sport: athletics
Participant in: athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's long jump awards: Olympic gold medal · ranking: 1
2008 Summer Olympics
athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2014 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
2010 Commonwealth Games
Given name: Greg
Sports discipline competed in: long jump
Mass: 92 kg
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1.rio2016.com/en/athlete/greg-rutherford
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Family name: Rutherford
Website: gregjrutherford.com
Social media followers: 234,028(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66129243
238,510(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66129243
242,717(January 10, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66129243
Country for sport: United Kingdom
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1.Stated in World Athletics databaseRetrieved 2025-10-26
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Start of work period: 2005

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