1. Jonathan Edwards - a famous sportsman presentation Kristi Jürgenstein Pärnu Coeducational Gymnasium Form 11

2. Jonathan David Edwards is a former British triple jumper He was born on 10 May 1966 in London He has received a grade in the Order of the British Empire – the Commander of the British Empire, CBE.

3. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion. He has held the World Record in triple jump since 1995

4. Edwards attended West Buckland School, where his potential for the triple jump was spotted at an early age. Edwards now has a Sports Hall at West Buckland named after him; The Jonathan Edwards Sports Centre. He has a degree in Physics from Durham University.

5. He initially refused to compete on Sundays due to his devout Christian beliefs, the decision cost him a chance to compete in the 1991 World Championships. However in 1993, after much deliberation and discussion with his father (a vicar), he changed his mind, deciding that God gave him his talent in order for him to compete in athletics. In his breakthrough year of 1995, he produced an astonishing jump of 18.43 m (60 feet 5½ inches) at the European Cup. However, the leap was wind assisted and did not count for record purposes. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVRyNfg- oU&feature=related

6. At the World Championships in 1995 he won the gold medal and broke the world record twice in the same meet. On his first jump, he became the first man to legally pass the 18- metre barrier (18.16 m/59 feet 7 inches), his second jump of 18.29 m made him the first to jump 60 feet and is the WR until today. Later the same year Edwards became the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

7. Edwards won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, and was awarded the CBE shortly afterwards At one point in 2002, Edwards held all the gold medals for the "four majors" (Olympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games & European Championships). He retired after the 2003 World Championships as Great Britain's most successful medal winning athlete.

8. Following his retirement, Edwards pursued a media career as a television presenter mainly working for the BBC as a sports commentator. With Paula Radcliffe, he took part in the Olympic Special show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? In 2004. The pair raised £64,000 for charity. He gave up his programme Songs of Praise due to his loss of faith, in February 2007.

9. Edwards lives with his wife Alison in Gosworth, Newcastle upon Tyne. The have two sons, Nathan and Sam. His biography A Time to Jump written by Malcolm Folley was published in 2000.

10. He is a member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, representing athletes in the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London.