Shane Hair Explained

Shane Hair (born 24 October 1975) is an Australian male former track and field athlete who competed in the long jump. He is a four-time national champion in the long jump, having won three straight titles from 1997 to 1999 and his last in 2004.^[1] He ranked fourth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and was fifth at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics with a jump of – a career best that ranked him ninth in the world for that season.^[2] From Western Australia, he also represented his country at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics.^[3]

International competitions

1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	25th (q)	Long jump	7.23 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	Long jump	7.82 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	Long jump	8.24 m

National titles

• Australian Athletics Championships
  • Long jump: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004

See also

• List of Australian athletics champions (men)

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/aus.htm Australian Championships
2. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2437&Gender=M Shane Hair
3. Web site: Shane Hair . Australian Athletics Historical Results . 2018-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090417/http://athhistory.sportstg.com/athletes/athlete1130.htm . 18 February 2018 . dead.