Brian Wellman
Bermudian triple jumper
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Brian Wellman (born September 8, 1967) is a former triple jumper from Bermuda, who became indoor world champion in 1995, setting a new championship record (CR) of 17.72. His personal best outdoors was 17.62 metres. Both these marks are Bermudian records. In addition, he has a wind-assisted (+7.1 m/s) mark of 17.75 metres.[1]
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| Born | September 8, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Arkansas Razorbacks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wellman competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won two NCAA Outdoor triple jump titles.
Achievements
World rankings
Wellman was ranked among the top ten triple jumpers in the world by Track and Field News on seven occasions:[2]
| Year | Event | World rank |
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| 1992 | Triple Jump | 5th |
| 1993 | Triple Jump | 8th |
| 1994 | Triple Jump | 3rd |
| 1995 | Triple Jump | 3rd |
| 1996 | Triple Jump | 5th |
| 1997 | Triple Jump | 9th |
| 2001 | Triple Jump | 10th |
