Greg Rutherford
- January 5, 2024
- Long Jumper
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Greg Rutherford |
| Occupation | Long Jumper |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 17, 1986(1986-11-17) |
| Age | 38 |
| Birthplace | Milton Keynes, England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | England |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Greg Rutherford Biography
| Name | Greg Rutherford |
| Birthday | Nov 17 |
| Birth Year | 1986 |
| Place Of Birth | Milton Keynes, England |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Greg Rutherford is one of the most popular and richest Long Jumper who was born on November 17, 1986 in Milton Keynes, England, England, United Kingdom. English winner of the gold medal in the long jump at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He also won bronze in the long jump at the 2016 Olympics games.
He finished ahead of Mitchell Watt and Will Claye at the 2012 Olympics.
Rutherford became the youngest ever winner of the long jump event at the AAA Championships in 2005, aged 18. He also won the European Junior Championships that year, setting a British junior record of 8.14 m.
Rutherford was selected to represent England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he finished 8th. He won the AAA championships again that year with a jump of 8.26 m. On 8 August 2006, he won the silver medal in the long jump at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg with a jump of 8.13 m.
His grandfather Jock Rutherford won three Football League First Division titles as a winger with Newcastle.
Greg Rutherford Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Long Jumper |
| House | Living in own house. |
Greg Rutherford is one of the richest Long Jumper from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Greg Rutherford 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He won the AAA Championships long jump event at age 18, becoming the youngest person to ever win that event.
He won gold at the 2014 and 2016 European Championships, taking home gold at the 2015 World Championships in the interim.
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.
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After the 2011 season, Rutherford worked on his take-off technique with his coach Dan Pfaff, adopting a technique based on that of Carl Lewis of making the penultimate step of the approach a lateral step outwards.
Facts & Trivia
Greg Ranked on the list of most popular Long Jumper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Greg Rutherford celebrates birthday on November 17 of every year.
In 2012, Rutherford and gymnast Louis Smith took part in an episode of The Million Pound Drop Live as part of their ‘Celebrity Games’ series.
Is Greg Rutherford in the Winter Olympics?
There will be two British crews competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics but Greg Rutherford will not be in one of them.
What is Greg Rutherford doing now?
In September 2021 Rutherford was selected as part of the British bobsleigh team for the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup and which would attempt to qualify for the two-man and four-man events 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, forming part of a five-man squad alongside pilot Lamin Deen and fellow push athletes Joel Fearon, …
How tall is Greg Rutherford?
6′ 2″
Is Greg Rutherford from Bletchley?
Long Jump legend Greg Rutherford MBE returned to the athletics club where it all started for him to unveil a special plaque in his honour. Rutherford, from Bletchley , became a household name when he won Gold on super Saturday at the London 2012 Olympics with a winning jump of 8m 31cm.
Did Greg Rutherford make the bobsleigh team?
Former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford’s hopes of adding a winter Games medal to his London 2012 gold were dashed on Thursday after he failed to make the cut for Britain’s bobsleigh squad for Beijing.