Phil Wood (born 29 December 1953) was a

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

competitor who still holds the current national

record of 16.22 m. He won four national titles in the triple jump.

Personal bests

Others named "Phil Wood"

* Phil Wood & Co., bicycle component manufacturer, San Jose, California * Phil Wood,

Ten Speed Press Ten Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California, in 1971 by Phil Wood. It was bought by Random House in February 2009 and became part of their Crown Publishing Group division. History Wood worked with Barnes & Noble in 196 ...

publisher * Phil Wood, former baseball broadcaster * Phil Wood, former BBC presenter * Phil Wood, Canadian cinematographer * Phil Wood MBE CSyP FSyI HonMBCI SIRM, former head of the School of Aviation and Security at

Buckinghamshire New University Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) is a public university in Buckinghamshire, England, with campuses in High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Uxbridge and Great Missenden. The institution dates from 1891, when it was founded as the School of Science and A ...

* Phil Wood, associate vice-president of student affairs and dean of students,

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...

, American saxophonist *

Philip Wood Brigadier-General Philip Richard Wood (February 1868 – 10 October 1945) was a senior British Army officer who briefly served as General Officer Commanding 33rd Division during the First World War. Military career Wood was commissioned into ...

, senior British Army officer * Philip Wood, actor,

Our Town (1940 film) ''Our Town'' is a 1940 American drama romance film adaptation of the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder, starring Martha Scott as Emily Webb, and William Holden as George Gibbs. The cast also included Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Th ...

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* Living people 1953 births New Zealand male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub