Vernon Samuels
Vernon George Samuels is a British retired athlete who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Samuels finished third behind Mike Conley and Eric McCalla in the triple jump event at the 1983 [AAA Championships].Samuels was a three-time All-American jumper for the SMU Mustangs track and field team, finishing 5th in the triple jump at the 1986 [NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]. At the British AAA Championships, he finished on the podium four more times from 1988 to 1990.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he represented Great [Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Great Britain] in the Athletics at the [1988 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|men's triple jump] and represented England in the triple jump event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
He won the 1991 [UK Athletics Championships] triple jump event in Cardiff.