26-year-old Long Jumper Chris Tomlinson represents one of the most exciting talents in British athletics today. He proved his world class status in Athens by placing 5th in the Olympics and recording the largest jump in history for a Brit in a major final.

From a young age Chris showed great raw talent at both long and triple jumps and has won eight AAA age group titles. He was English Schools champion at junior boy’s triple jump in 1996, intermediate boys triple jump in 1997, and senior long jump in 1999 - the year when he also made his Junior International debut in the long jump.

In 2000 Chris again sparkled at the AAA Indoor Championships when he won the senior long jump with a personal best of 7.57 and won the double at the Juniors with 7.48 and 15.31. Outdoors he set personal bests for the long jump in winning the AAA U20 title with 7.59, and with 7.62 in the qualifying round at the World Junior Championships.

In 2001 Chris decided to concentrate his efforts on long jumping, a decision which was to prove excellent from the start. Indoors he retained his AAA title and outdoors started with a personal best in April of 7.75 in Tallahassee, USA. Chris then went on to make his senior International debut at the European Cup in Glasgow jumping a splendid second with 7.67 and also won the AAA U23 title.

He continued this good form with 6th in the European U23 in and then produced a sensational 8.19 long jump for 2nd in the ‘A’ International against France, firmly cementing him as one to watch for the future. At the end of the season he decided to join Newham & Essex Beagles for better competition after being with Mandale Harriers from the age of ten.

In what proved to be a roller coaster season, 2002 started badly for Chris when he broke both wrists in a weight-training accident in January 2002, but he returned with a huge jump of 8.27m at Tallahassee on 13 April. This jump broke the 34-year-old British record set by Lynn Davies (8.23m), set in 1968, which had previously proved beyond the reach of generation after generation of British athletes, and firmly cemented his position on the International scene.

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