Darcy Roper

Darcy Roper

Personal information
Born	(1998-03-31) 31 March 1998 (age 27)
Education	University of Queensland, RMIT
Spouse	Renee Roper
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump

Darcy Roper (born 31 March 1998) is an Australian athlete specialising in the long jump.^[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade. Earlier he won a bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships and a Silver at the 2015 IAAF World youth Championships.

His personal best in the event is 8.20 metres (+1.4 m/s) set at the ACT State Championships 2020.^[2] He has also leapt a wind assisted 8.32 meters (+2.6 m/s) in Perth 2019.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Australia
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Long jump	8.01 m
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	Long jump	7.88 m
2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	3rd	Long jump	7.90 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	15th (q)	Long jump	7.82 m

Best performances

Year[3]	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Long jump	8.01 m
2019	ACT Championships	Canberra, Australia	1st	Long jump	8.20 m (w)
2019	Jandakot Airport Perth Track Classic	Perth, Australia	1st	Long jump	8.32 m (w)
2019	Queensland International Track Classic	Brisbane, Australia	1st	Long jump	8.05 m
2019	Résisprint International Archived 7 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	4th	Long jump	8.12 m
2019	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland	6th	Long jump	8.05 m
2020	ACT Championships	Canberra, Australia	1st	Long jump	8.20 m

References

1. Darcy Roper at World Athletics
2. "Meet Results". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
3. "Darcy ROPER | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.