- Onochie Achike
-
Onochie ("Larry") Achike (born January 31, 1975) is an English athlete of Nigerian origin. He was born in Islington, London.
A former rugby player, Achike eventually specialized in triple jump and won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He placed 5th in the 2000 Olympic Games, setting a new personal best of 17.30 m during the contest.
He competed at the 2006 European Championships, but failed to qualify for the final. His club is Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers in North London. Achike finished 7th in the 2008 Olympics, held in Beijing, with a 17.17 m jump.Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing 
United Kingdom and 
England1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st Triple jump 16.67 m 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 21st Triple jump 16.13 m 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 5th Triple jump 17.29 m 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th Triple jump 16.68 m Visits
In 2011 Friday 11th November,Larry visited a number of schools,as part of the 'Superschools' organisation.These included The Compton,Wren Academy and many other schools in Barnet.
External links
- IAAF profile for Onochie Achike
1930: Gordon Smallacombe (CAN) • 1934 – 1938: Jack Metcalfe (AUS) • 1950: Brian Oliver (AUS) • 1954: Ken Wilmshurst (ENG) • 1958 – 1962: Ian Tomlinson (AUS) • 1966: Samuel Igun (NGR) • 1970: Phil May (AUS) • 1974: Joshua Owusu (GHA) • 1978 – 1982: Keith Connor (ENG) • 1986: John Herbert (ENG) • 1990: Marios Hadjiandreou (CYP) • 1994: Julian Golley (ENG) • 1998: Onochie Achike (ENG) • 2002: Jonathan Edwards (ENG) • 2006: Phillips Idowu (ENG) • 2010: Tosin Oke (NGR)
Australian National Champions in Men's Triple Jump 1930: Nick Winter • 1932: Frank Campbell • 1934 – 1936: Basil Dickinson • 1937: Jack Metcalfe • 1947: Ken Doubleday • 1948: George Avery • 1949: Frank Day • 1950: Les McKeand • 1951: Peter Cox • 1952: Kevin Miller • 1953 – 1954: Brian Oliver • 1955: Kevin Salt • 1956: Brian Oliver • 1957 – 1959: Ian Tomlinson • 1960 – 1961: John Baguley • 1962: Ian Tomlinson • 1963: Graham Boase • 1964 – 1965: Ian Tomlinson • 1966 – 1969: Phil May • 1970: Mick McGrath • 1971: Phil May • 1972: Mick McGrath • 1973: Phil May • 1974 – 1975: Mick McGrath • 1976 – 1977: Don Commons • 1978: Mick McGrath • 1979: Ian Campbell • 1980 – 1984: Ken Lorraway • 1985 – 1988: Peter Beames • 1989: Matt Sweeney • 1990: Andrew Murphy • 1991 – 1992: Matt Sweeney • 1993: Peter Burge • 1994 – 1997: Andrew Murphy • 1998: Onochie Achike (GBR) • 1999: Andrew Murphy • 2000: Rogel Nachum (ISR) • 2001 – 2004: Andrew Murphy • 2005: Michael Perry • 2006: Andrew Murphy • 2007 – 2008: Alwyn Jones
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Islington
- English athletes
- British triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Igbo athletes
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Black English sportspeople
- People educated at Worth School
- Male triple jumpers
- British athletics biography stubs
- English sportspeople stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
