triple jump
noun
: a jump for distance in track-and-field athletics usually from a running start and combining a hop, a stride, and a jump in succession
triple jumper
noun
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Hernandez ultimately shared first place in the triple jump and the high jump and shared second in the long jump.
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
The score of the meet was close and the triple jump was still going on, so Daniels and his teammates ran down to the triple jump pit.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
At the state championships that month, Hernandez placed first in the triple jump, tied for first with two competitors in the high jump and placed second in the long jump.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 9 July 2025
The two-sport star bounced out to 39-5½ to place second in the triple jump.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
The score of the meet was close and the triple jump was still going on, so Daniels and his teammates ran down to the triple jump pit.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
At the state championships that month, Hernandez placed first in the triple jump, tied for first with two competitors in the high jump and placed second in the long jump.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 9 July 2025
The two-sport star bounced out to 39-5½ to place second in the triple jump.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
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“Triple jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20jump. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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