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Greg Rutherford
Greg Rutherford, MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in long jump. He is also Masterchef Celebrity champion for 2019.He represented 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; national, continental, World, Olympic, Diamond League and Commonwealth. 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).
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1986-11-17
Birth Place
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Height
1.88
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How to sleep like an Olympic athlete: Greg Rutherford shares his best tips

We speak to Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford to find out how much sleep he needs to perform at his best. Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford MBE knows a thing or two about how to sleep better, because if he doesn’t, his performance takes a hit. “Sleep is our superpower. Without the correct amount of sleep, performance goes down, and that’s a fact for everybody,” Rutherford tells TechRadar.
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Greg Rutherford refuses to put his dream of Winter Olympics gold on ice

Greg Rutherford’s fiancee has only just finished feeding their baby daughter when he refuses to rule out another tilt at Olympic bobsleigh glory. “That was the zip on the bags, and she’s just left me!” jokes the 35-year-old after admitting he has already considered trying to make the Winter Games for a second time.
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Greg Rutherford fails to make cut for Great Britain’s bobsleigh team in Beijing

Greg Rutherford’s dream of becoming a Winter Olympian has been left on ice after he failed to make the cut for the Great Britain bobsleigh team for Beijing The former Olympic long-jump champion made his international debut as part of Lamin Deen’s four-man crew at a World Cup race in Germany in January.However, a poor campaign saw Deen’s team fail to make either the official qualification places nor one of the potential reallocation slots for the Games.Brad Hall will pilot Britain’s only four-man sled in China accompanied by his regular crew of Greg Cackett, Nick Gleeson and Taylor Lawrence,...
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Greg Rutherford qualifies for place in Great Britain bobsleigh team

London 2012 Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has been selected for the Great Britain bobsleigh squad as they aim to qualify for the 2022 Winter Games.Rutherford will attempt to become the first British athlete to win a medal at both the summer and winter Olympics should the team make it to Beijing.The 34-year-old added bronze from the 2016 Games to the long jump gold he claimed on a memorable ‘Super Saturday’ in London. View this post on Instagram A post...
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Greg Rutherford makes GB bobsleigh team ahead of Winter Olympics

Former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has been selected for the GB bobsleigh team ahead of the Winter Olympics. Rutherford is aiming to become the first British athlete to win a medal at both the summer and winter Olympics and the 34-year-old’s hopes have been boosted by the news, which was revealed by the Guardian, that he has been included in GB’s five-man squad. The GB team still have to qualify for the Beijing Games, which take place in February 2022, and Rutherford will now train ahead of his competitive debut at a World Cup event in Austria in...
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Greg Rutherford: Former Olympic long jump champion makes GB bobsleigh squad ahead of Winter Olympics

Former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has been selected for one of the GB bobsleigh squads bidding to reach the 2022 Winter Olympics. 34-year-old Rutherford would be the first British athlete - and only the seventh athlete ever - to win medals at both the summer and winter Olympic Games if he manages to reach the podium in Beijing, after his gold at London 2012 and Bronze at Rio 2016.
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