Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jumpworld record. He is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event. His world record of 8.95 m (29 ft 4+1⁄4 in) has stood since 1991.
Mike Powell
Powell announces at a press conference that he will attempt to break the World Masters record
Powell competed in the 1992–93 Foot Locker Slam Fest and successfully dunked from the free throw line.
After coming fifth in the long jump at the 1996 Olympics, Powell retired. He returned in 2001 with a goal of competing in the 2004 Olympics, but did not make the American team.
After retirement
Powell became an analyst for Yahoo! Sports Olympic Track & Field coverage.
He stated in July 2009 that he intended to return to competition with the aim of breaking Tapani Taavitsainen's Masters over-45 world record in the long jump.[6]
At the Simplot Games on February 20, 2015 in an official announcement Powell stated that, at the age of 51, he would jump again in competition. On March 7, 2015 Powell entered the Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships, with every jump considered an attempt at the World Masters record. However, Powell sustained an injury in warm up and didn't actually compete. He later stated he will jump again in the future and now he has registered for the WMA in Tampere in July 2022.[7]
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Mike Powell redirects here For other people with this name see Mike Powell disambiguation Michael Anthony Powell born November 10 1963 is an American former track and field athlete and the holder of the long jump world record He is a two time world champion and two time Olympic silver medalist in this event His world record of 8 95 m 29 ft 4 1 4 in has stood since 1991 Mike PowellPowell announces at a press conference that he will attempt to break the World Masters recordPersonal informationFull nameMichael Anthony Powell 1 NationalityAmericanBorn 1963 11 10 November 10 1963 age 59 1 Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S 1 Height6 ft 2 in 188 cm 1 Weight170 lb 77 kg 1 SportSportTrack and fieldEvent s Long jumpMedal record Men s athleticsRepresenting the United StatesInternational athletics competitionsEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 0 2 0World Championships 2 0 1Total 2 2 1Olympic Games1988 Seoul Long jump1992 Barcelona Long jumpWorld Championships1991 Tokyo Long jump1993 Stuttgart Long jump1995 Gothenburg Long jumpGoodwill Games1994 St Petersburg Long jump1990 Seattle Long jumpUpdated on August 6 2012 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Background 1 2 Athletics career 1 3 After retirement 2 References 3 External linksBiography EditBackground Edit Powell was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania He attended Edgewood High School in West Covina California where he finished second in the high jump at the CIF California State Meet in 1981 2 He went on to attend the University of California Irvine and later transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Athletics career Edit Powell won the long jump silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul 1 At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics Tokyo on August 30 1991 Powell broke Bob Beamon s almost 23 year old long jump world record by 5 cm 2 inches leaping 8 95 m 29 ft 4 1 4 in 3 The world record still stands making it the longest standing long jump world record since records have been kept His feat earned him the James E Sullivan Award and BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1991 citation needed He also holds the longest wind assisted jump at 8 99 m 29 ft 5 3 4 in 4 4 m s that he set at high altitude in 1992 in Sestriere Italy 4 Powell again won the long jump silver medal at 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona 1 In addition to his famous 1991 victory he won the long jump again at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics 5 and came third at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics Powell competed in the 1992 93 Foot Locker Slam Fest and successfully dunked from the free throw line After coming fifth in the long jump at the 1996 Olympics Powell retired He returned in 2001 with a goal of competing in the 2004 Olympics but did not make the American team After retirement Edit Powell became an analyst for Yahoo Sports Olympic Track amp Field coverage He stated in July 2009 that he intended to return to competition with the aim of breaking Tapani Taavitsainen s Masters over 45 world record in the long jump 6 Powell now when coaches long jump at the Academy of Speed in Rancho Cucamonga California At the Simplot Games on February 20 2015 in an official announcement Powell stated that at the age of 51 he would jump again in competition On March 7 2015 Powell entered the Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships with every jump considered an attempt at the World Masters record However Powell sustained an injury in warm up and didn t actually compete He later stated he will jump again in the future and now he has registered for the WMA in Tampere in July 2022 7 In July 2016 his daughter Micha Powell was officially named to Canada s Olympic team 8 References Edit a b c d e f g Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Mike Powell Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on April 17 2020 Retrieved June 20 2015 California State Meet Results 1915 to present Hank Lawson Archived from the original on October 6 2014 Retrieved December 25 2012 Mohapatra Bikash July 5 2011 I believed I could break the record Mike Powell rediff com Retrieved on September 7 2021 Long Jump men senior outdoor iaaf org Archived from the original on June 29 2016 Retrieved September 12 2016 Mike Powell usatf org USA Track amp Field Archived from the original on December 25 2019 Retrieved June 20 2015 Minshull Phil July 7 2009 Mike Powell aims to return to competition Archived July 10 2009 at the Wayback Machine IAAF Retrieved on 2009 07 23 Registration status WMA Tampere2022 Hossain Asif July 11 2016 Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio Canadian Olympic Committee Archived from the original on March 30 2019 Retrieved July 11 2016 External links EditMichael Anthony Powell at Olympics comMichael Anthony Powell at OlympicChannel com archived Mike Powell at Olympic org archived Mike Powell at Olympedia Mike Powell at World AthleticsRecordsPreceded by Bob Beamon Men s Long Jump World Record HolderAugust 30 1991 present IncumbentAchievementsPreceded by Larry Myricks Men s Long Jump Best Year Performance1990 1991 Succeeded by Carl LewisPreceded by Carl Lewis Men s Long Jump Best Year Performance1993 Succeeded by Erick WalderAwardsPreceded by Mal Meninga BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year1991 Succeeded by Andre Agassi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Powell long jumper amp oldid 1112801486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
