Phillips Idowu

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Phillips Idowu (born on December 30, 1978 in Hackney, London) is an English triple jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a new personal best of 17.68 during the contest but was beaten by world record holder Jonathan Edwards. Later that year he placed 5th in the European Championships. Four years later, he once again finished 5th place at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics.

He won the gold medal in the same event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

In the absence of world leader Christian Olsson, Idowu beat compatriot Nathan Douglas to gold in the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham, recording a championship record jump of 17.56, beating Olsson's world-leading jump by 12cm[1]

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  1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/6413583.stm

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