The British long jump athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally represented Great Britain.
Past winners
AAC Championships
- men's event only
|
Year
|
Men's champion
|
1866
|
Richard Fitzherbert
|
1867
|
Richard Fitzherbert
|
1868
|
Robert Mitchell
|
1869
|
Alick Tosswill
|
1870
|
Robert Mitchell
|
1871
|
Jenner Davies & Robert Mitchell
|
1872
|
Jenner Davies
|
1873
|
Charles Lockton
|
1874
|
Jenner Davies
|
1875
|
Charles Lockton
|
1876
|
John Alkin
|
1877
|
John Alkin
|
1878
|
Edmund Baddeley
|
1879
|
William Elliott / Charles Lockton
|
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships
References