Triple jump legends

One time representative of CBC Fremantle in field athletics, ACC All Star and Oceania triple jump ace, Julian Konle (2014), will don a different green and gold to represent Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Julian jumped a whopping 16.21m in the Oceania Queensland comp, nudging into gold by 4cm and sealing his place at one of the world’s most prestigious international sporting events.

The lanky athlete showed promise in all jumping events during his time at CBC, and was awarded an ACC Letter for his participation at the highest level in association carnivals. In his final year, Julian missed the opportunity to topple fellow Old Boy and former Olympic champion John Baguley (1958) from the longest held ACC sporting record. With a personal best of 7.11m, Julian jumped 6.67m off his wrong foot, winning the ACC event but leaving his hero’s achievement of 7.04m still standing.

After graduating from CBC, John Baguley went on to win a silver medal in the triple jump at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth with a distance of 16.08m. Training techniques and stadium surfaces have evolved since those days, and 60 years later Julian is in fine form to produce his personal best and perhaps make up for the near miss of that distant ACC event in 2014.

Right: Julian competing in triple jump.