Darcy Roper
Personal information
Born (1998-03-31) 31 March 1998
EducationUniversity of Queensland
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump

Darcy Roper (born 31 March 1998) is an Australian athlete specialising in the long jump.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade. Earlier he won a bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships and a Silver at the 2015 IAAF World youth Championships.

His personal best in the event is 8.20 metres (+1.4 m/s) set at the ACT State Championships 2020.[2] He has also leapt a wind assisted 8.32 meters (+2.6 m/s) in Perth 2019.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Australia
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd Long jump 8.01 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd Long jump 7.88 m
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 3rd Long jump 7.90 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (q) Long jump 7.82 m

Best performances

Year[3] Competition Venue Position Event Result
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd Long jump 8.01 m
2019 ACT Championships Canberra, Australia 1st Long jump 8.20 m (w)
2019 Jandakot Airport Perth Track Classic Perth, Australia 1st Long jump 8.32 m (w)
2019 Queensland International Track Classic Brisbane, Australia 1st Long jump 8.05 m
2019 Résisprint International La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 4th Long jump 8.12 m
2019 Athletissima Lausanne, Switzerland 6th Long jump 8.05 m
2020 ACT Championships Canberra, Australia 1st Long jump 8.20 m

References

  1. ↑ Darcy Roper at World Athletics
  2. ↑ "Meet Results". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Darcy ROPER | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.


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