Maurice Rich

{{Short description|Australian triple jumper (1932–2022)}} {{use Australian English|date=December 2017}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Maurice Rich | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | club = | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Queensland, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|22|1932|01|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Queensland, Australia | height = | weight = }}

'''Maurice William Rich''' (20 January 1932 – 22 October 2022) was an Australian athlete who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/maurice-rich-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/maurice-rich-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Maurice Rich Olympic Results |access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Rich represented Australia at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he participated in the men's triple jump event.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64781 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>

Rich finished third behind Dave Norris in the triple jump event at the British 1958 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19580713/014/0014 |title=Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=13 July 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref><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=2 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>

Rich died on 22 October 2022, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maurice Rich |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64781 |website=Olympedia |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

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