Brian Wellman (born September 8, 1967) is a former triple jumper from Bermuda, who became indoor world champion in 1995, setting a new championship record (CR) of 17.72. His personal best outdoors was 17.62 metres. Both these marks are Bermudian records. In addition, he has a wind-assisted (+7.1 m/s) mark of 17.75 metres.
Wellman competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won two NCAA Outdoor triple jump titles.
Achievements Representing 1986CARIFTA GamesLes Abymes, Guadeloupe1st15.87 m wWorld Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece8th15.28 m (wind: -1.4 m/s)1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan6th16.98 mUniversiadeSheffield, England 1st17.07 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain5th17.24 m1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada 3rd17.27 mWorld ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany8th17.12 m1994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada 3rd17.00 m1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain 1st17.72 mWorld ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 2nd17.62 m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States6th16.95 m1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece5th17.22 m1999Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados 1st17.01 m2001Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala 1st17.24 m AWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada6th16.81 m2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, England 8th15.84 m2003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic9th15.31 m
World rankings
Wellman was ranked among the top ten triple jumpers in the world by Track and Field News on seven occasions:
YearEventWorld rank1992Triple Jump 5th1993Triple Jump 8th1994Triple Jump 3rd1995Triple Jump 3rd1996Triple Jump 5th1997Triple Jump 9th2001Triple Jump 10th
References
External links
Bernews: Brian Wellman Bio, Photos and Videos