Brian Wellman Explained

Brian Wellman (born September 8, 1967) is a former triple jumper from Bermuda, who became indoor world champion in 1995, setting a new championship record (CR) of 17.72. His personal best outdoors was 17.62 metres. Both these marks are Bermudian records. In addition, he has a wind-assisted (+7.1 m/s) mark of 17.75 metres.[1]

Wellman competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won two NCAA Outdoor triple jump titles.

Achievements

Representing
1986CARIFTA GamesLes Abymes, Guadeloupebgcolor=gold1st15.87 m w
World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece8th15.28 m (wind: -1.4 m/s)
1991Tokyo, Japan6th16.98 m
Sheffield, England1st17.07 m
1992Barcelona, Spain5th17.24 m
1993Toronto, Canada3rd17.27 m
Stuttgart, Germany8th17.12 m
1994Victoria, Canada3rd17.00 m
1995Barcelona, Spain1st17.72 m
Gothenburg, Sweden2nd17.62 m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
1996Atlanta, United States6th16.95 m
1997Athens, Greece5th17.22 m
1999Bridgetown, Barbados1st17.01 m
2001Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala1st17.24 m A
Edmonton, Canada6th16.81 m
2002Manchester, England8th15.84 m
2003Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic9th15.31 m

World rankings

Wellman was ranked among the top ten triple jumpers in the world by Track and Field News on seven occasions:[2]

YearEventWorld rank
1992Triple Jump5th
1993Triple Jump 8th
1994Triple Jump3rd
1995Triple Jump3rd
1996Triple Jump5th
1997Triple Jump9th
2001Triple Jump10th

References

  1. Web site: Archived Document . 2007-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070520070413/http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm . 2007-05-20 .
  2. Web site: Archived Document . 2008-07-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516181639/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/tjworldranking.pdf . 2008-05-16 .

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