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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At the next Olympics, the Harvard senior became the first athlete to land a triple jump of any kind – a triple loop – at the 1952 Games. —

Holly Yan, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025 Considered one of the best male figure skaters of all time, Button was famously the first person to successfully land a double axel and a triple jump in figure skating competition. —

Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025 Glenn landed six more triple jumps, including three in combination, before her only real mistake — a fall on her triple loop late in the program. —

Dave Skretta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025 In the final on Dec. 7, Glenn performed a whopping seven triple jumps, per the Olympics website, widely considered to be one of the most difficult feats in ice skating. —

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