Greg Rutherford

Greg Rutherford
MBE

Rutherford at the victory parade for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Gregory James Rutherford
Born	(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 30) Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  England
Club	Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club
Turned pro	2005
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Long jump 8.51 m (Chula Vista 2014) 100 m 10.26 (Gateshead 2010)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London Long jump 2016 Rio de Janeiro Long jump World Championships 2015 Beijing Long jump European Championships 2014 Zürich Long jump 2016 Amsterdam Long jump 2006 Gothenburg Long jump European Junior Championships 2005 Kaunas Long jump Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Long Jump 2010 Delhi Long Jump
Updated on 25 August 2015.

Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford, MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a Britishtrack and field athlete who specialises in long jump. He represents Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games.

Rutherford won the long jump gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 and 2016 European Athletics Championships and 2015 World Athletics Championships, and topped the 2015 IAAF Diamond League rankings in the event. From 4 September 2015, when his Diamond League victory was confirmed with a fourth event win in Zürich, until his withdrawal from the British Athletics Championships in June 2016, Rutherford held every available elite outdoor title, including his national title. Rutherford is the current British record holder, both outdoors and indoors, for this event with his personal bests of 8.51 m (outdoors) and 8.26 m (indoors).

Rutherford grew up in Bletchley, Milton Keynes where he attended Two Mile Ash Primary School and went on to Denbigh School. He played several sports as a youth including football, rugby and badminton. He had trials with Premier League football club Aston Villa at the age of 14 before deciding to pursue a career in athletics.

He is the great-grandson of footballer Jock Rutherford, who won three Football League First Division titles with Newcastle United and 11 England caps, and is also the oldest player ever to have played for Arsenal; his grandfather also played for Arsenal.