Derek Boosey

{{short description|British triple jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Derek Boosey | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | club = Belgrave Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|7|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pune, British India | death_date = | death_place = | height =183 cm | weight =75 kg }}

'''Derek Charles Joseph Boosey''' (born 15 July 1942) is a British athlete who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/derek-boosey-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041508/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/derek-boosey-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Derek Boosey Olympic Results |accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Boosey finished third behind Fred Alsop in the triple jump event at the 1964 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19640711/167/0011 |title=Six-mile Smasher |work=Daily Herald |date=11 July 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19640712/262/0022 |title=White City round-up |work=The People |date=12 July 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> Later that year at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain in the men's triple jump competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68900 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>

Boosey would finish on the podium three more times at the AAA Championships at the 1967 AAA Championships, 1969 AAA Championships and 1970 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boosey, Derek}} Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:British men triple jumpers Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Sportspeople from Pune Category:Anglo-Indian people Category:Emigrants from British India to the United Kingdom Category:British people of Anglo-Indian descent Category:Competitors at the 1967 Summer Universiade Category:Competitors at the 1970 Summer Universiade