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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Hill, 18, led the Orlando area in the high, long and triple jumps and is the 2025 Sentinel Varsity girls track and field Athlete of the Year for 2025.
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Just one week before Biles and Gaines' online feud began, the administration threatened California with fines and legal action after a 16-year-old transgender athlete, AB Hernandez, won both the girls’ high jump and triple jump at a state track meet, according to CBS News.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 June 2025
Crean Lutheran track and field star Reese Hogan finished in second place to trans athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School in the triple jump at the Southern Sectional final on May 17.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
But a trans high school athlete triumphed in the girls' long jump and triple jump this week at the CIF Track Championship Masters Qualifiers.
—Shane Croucher
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Just one week before Biles and Gaines' online feud began, the administration threatened California with fines and legal action after a 16-year-old transgender athlete, AB Hernandez, won both the girls’ high jump and triple jump at a state track meet, according to CBS News.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 June 2025
Crean Lutheran track and field star Reese Hogan finished in second place to trans athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School in the triple jump at the Southern Sectional final on May 17.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
But a trans high school athlete triumphed in the girls' long jump and triple jump this week at the CIF Track Championship Masters Qualifiers.
—Shane Croucher
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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“Triple jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20jump. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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