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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An Illinois high school track athlete suffered an unimaginable injury while warming up for the triple jump at a meet last month.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Long Beach Wilson’s Loren Webster won the Invitational girls long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 10 inches and Camren Smith of Quartz Hill won the Invitational boys triple jump at 49-06.00.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There was controversy over the wind speed, which on the track read 0.0 but on nearby triple jump equipment was recorded at 4.3 meters per second, but the record stood and no one has come close to the Californian’s time, her world records in the 100m and 200m (21.34) still standing to this day.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There are high jumps, double jumps, triple jumps plus almost every bump and rut imaginable.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Long Beach Wilson’s Loren Webster won the Invitational girls long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 10 inches and Camren Smith of Quartz Hill won the Invitational boys triple jump at 49-06.00.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There was controversy over the wind speed, which on the track read 0.0 but on nearby triple jump equipment was recorded at 4.3 meters per second, but the record stood and no one has come close to the Californian’s time, her world records in the 100m and 200m (21.34) still standing to this day.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There are high jumps, double jumps, triple jumps plus almost every bump and rut imaginable.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for triple jump
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“Triple jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20jump. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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