Bermudian triple jumper
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
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing Bermuda
1986
CARIFTA Games
Les Abymes , Guadeloupe
1st
15.87 m w
World Junior Championships
Athens , Greece
8th
15.28 m (wind: -1.4 m/s)
1991
World Championships
Tokyo , Japan
6th
16.98 m
Universiade
Sheffield , England
1st
17.07 m
1992
Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
5th
17.24 m
1993
World Indoor Championships
Toronto , Canada
3rd
17.27 m
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
8th
17.12 m
1994
Commonwealth Games
Victoria , Canada
3rd
17.00 m
1995
World Indoor Championships
Barcelona, Spain
1st
17.72 m
World Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
2nd
17.62 m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
1996
Olympic Games
Atlanta , United States
6th
16.95 m
1997
World Championships
Athens , Greece
5th
17.22 m
1999
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Bridgetown, Barbados
1st
17.01 m
2001
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1st
17.24 m A
World Championships
Edmonton , Canada
6th
16.81 m
2002
Commonwealth Games
Manchester , England
8th
15.84 m
2003
Pan American Games
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
9th
15.31 m
World rankings
Wellman was ranked among the top ten triple jumpers in the world by Track and Field News [ 2]
Year
Event
World rank
1992
Triple Jump
5th
1993
Triple Jump
8th
1994
Triple Jump
3rd
1995
Triple Jump
3rd
1996
Triple Jump
5th
1997
Triple Jump
9th
2001
Triple Jump
10th
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