John Morbey

John Morbey

Personal information
Nationality	British/Bermudian
Born	9 August 1939
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	long jump
Club	Birchfield Harriers
Medal record Representing  Bermuda British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston Long jump

John Michael Morbey (born 9 August 1939) is a British/Bermudian former long jumper, triple jumper and sprinter who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Morbey finished second behind Lynn Davies in the long jump event at the 1964 AAA Championships.[1][2][3] Later that year at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain in the long jump and finished eleventh behing gold medal winner Davies.[4]

Representing Bermuda, he won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Morbey also placed fifteenth in the triple jump and was eliminated in the heats of the 110 yards and 4 x 110 yards relay.

Morbey was the Bermudian team manager at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, when the Bermudian authorities decided to join the boycott of the Games. The Bermudian team was a particularly late withdrawal as its athletes appeared in the opening ceremony and in the opening day of competition before the Bermuda Olympic Association decided to formally withdraw.[5]

References

1. "White City round-up". The People. 12 July 1964. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
4. "John Morbey Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
5. Fraser, Graham (2014-04-25). Glasgow 2014: The Bermuda boycott of 1986 that still hurts. BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-30.