Darren Ritchie

Athlete

1975 –

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Who is Darren Ritchie?

Darren Ritchie is a Scottish long jumper. He was born in Edinburgh.

He was 6 x Scottish long jump champion, and also won the triple jump in 2004. He also added 2x Indoor Scottish titles.

He is also 3 X AAAs champion.

He finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, missing the bronze medal with a one centimetre margin. He also narrowly missed the qualification standards for the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics, although in the latter case he came close with a new Scottish record of 8.01 metres.

He lives in Bo'ness and his club was Sale Harriers. He has also been based in Oslo, Norway.

Ritchie is currently Scottish Athletics National Jumps and Combined Events Manager.

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Born
1975
United Kingdom
Lived in
  • Edinburgh

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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