long-jumper

English long-jumper JJ Jegede implemented a uniquely British twist to his training by jumping over three Minis in front of London Bridge.

London 2012: 10 best of the web | Jon Vale 2011

Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed a long-jumper for Western Kentucky, and Anthony Salley was called for goaltending on Jeff Jordan's fast-break layup to make it 71-68.

USATODAY.com 2008

And one of my favourite baroque buildings in the world, the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, in Rome, by Francesco Borromini, is crammed into such a tiny Roman corner that a half-decent long-jumper would easily clear the entire complex: church, sacristy, monastery and cloister.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

German long-jumper Lutz Lang helped Dad learn to jump without fouling.

Humiliating Hitler 2008

He certainly takes unexpected turns while continuing to holding fast and tight to a theme - giving a very kind of calculated surrealism - like a well-trained long-jumper.

National Poetry Month Recommendation: Campbell McGrath 2007

American Bob Beamon, an erratic long-jumper who often took off on the wrong foot, made a stunning first jump, so long that the optical measuring device ran out of rail before it reached Beamon's landing point in the sand.

Mexico's Olympic memories 2004

American Bob Beamon, an erratic long-jumper who often took off on the wrong foot, made a stunning first jump, so long that the optical measuring device ran out of rail before it reached Beamon's landing point in the sand.

Mexico's Olympic memories 2004

With a leap that might have shamed an Olympic long-jumper he hurled himself through the doorway of his building.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

A mountaineer whose survival depends on his ability to leap a crevasse may form an extremely optimistic estimate of his powers as a long-jumper; it is more likely that he will be able to leap the crevasse (or at least give it a try) if he thinks he can than if he thinks he can't.

Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000

British long-jumper and Olympic hopeful J.J. Jegede can clear at least three, as he demonstrates in this video shot near the Tower Bridge in London.

Gizmodo Lauri Apple 2011