Darcy Roper Explained

Darcy Roper
Birth Date:31 March 1998
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long jump
Education:University of Queensland

Darcy Roper (born 31 March 1998) is an Australian athlete specialising in the long jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade. Earlier he won a bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships and a Silver at the 2015 IAAF World youth Championships.

His personal best in the event is 8.20 metres (+1.4 m/s) set at the ACT State Championships 2020.[1] He has also leapt a wind assisted 8.32 meters (+2.6 m/s) in Perth 2019.

International competitions

Representing
2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombiabgcolor=silver2ndLong jump8.01 m
2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rdLong jump7.88 m
2019UniversiadeNaples, Italy3rdLong jump7.90 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar15th (q)Long jump7.82 m

Best performances

Year[2] CompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombiabgcolor=silver2ndLong jump8.01 m
2019ACT ChampionshipsCanberra, Australiabgcolor=gold1stLong jump8.20 m (w)
2019Jandakot Airport Perth Track ClassicPerth, Australiabgcolor=gold1stLong jump8.32 m (w)
2019Queensland International Track ClassicBrisbane, Australiabgcolor=gold1stLong jump8.05 m
2019Résisprint InternationalLa Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland4thLong jump8.12 m
2019AthletissimaLausanne, Switzerland6thLong jump8.05 m
2020ACT ChampionshipsCanberra, Australiabgcolor=gold1stLong jump8.20 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Results. members.iinet.net.au. 2020-04-07.
  2. Web site: Darcy ROPER Profile. worldathletics.org. 2020-04-07.