Mike Powell is an American former track and field athlete who holds the long jump world record of 8.95 metres, set on 30 August 1991 at the World Championships in Tokyo, where he beat Bob Beamon's almost 23-year-old mark by five centimetres. Born in Philadelphia and raised in California, he jumped for the University of California, Irvine and later UCLA. He was a two-time world champion and a two-time Olympic silver medallist, taking silver at the 1988 Games in Seoul and the 1992 Games in Barcelona. The record has stood as the longest-lasting in the history of the men's long jump, and in 1991 it brought him the James E. Sullivan Award. After retiring he worked as a broadcast analyst and coached university jumpers.
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is an American former track and field athlete and holds the world record in the long jump
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In 1988, Powell won the long jump silver medal at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
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