{{short description|English triple jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Michelle Robinson<br>née Griffith | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wembley, Greater London, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = triple jump | height = 172 cm | weight = 65 kg | club = Windsor, Slough & Eton AC }}
'''Michelle Amanda Robinson''' ('''née Griffith''') (born 6 October 1971) is a retired female English triple jumper who was born in Wembley, Greater London, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/michelle-griffith-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/michelle-griffith-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Olympic Profile|website=Sports Reference}}</ref>
== Biography == Griffith became the British triple jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1994 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=31 March 2025}}</ref> She retained her title at the 1995 AAA Championships before finishing second to Ashia Hansen in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19940613/015/0015 |title=Classy Crampton hits the jackpot |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 June 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref>
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Griffith represented Great Britain in the triple jump event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68665 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
Griffith represented England in the triple jump event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> before winning two more AAA titles in 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref> and 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20000814/247/0022 |title=Weekend results |work=The Scotsman |date=14 August 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
In 2004, Griffith won her fifth and last AAA title at the 2004 AAA Championships two years after representingd England for a second time in the triple jump at the Commonwealth Games, before appearing for a third time (under her married name, Robinson) during the 2006 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41607|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Her personal best jump was 14.08 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Sheffield.
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1990 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |7th |Triple jump |12.39 m |- |1992 |European Indoor Championships |Genoa, Italy |14th |Triple jump |13.10 m |- |rowspan=2|1993 |Universiade |Buffalo, United States |4th |Triple jump |13.75 m |- |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |9th |Triple jump |13.69 m |- |rowspan=3|1994 |European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |10th |Triple jump |13.55 m |- |Goodwill Games |St. Petersburg, Russia |6th |Triple jump |13.49 m |- |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |10th |Triple jump |13.60 m |- |1995 |World Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |12th |Triple jump |13.59 m |- |rowspan=2|1996 |European Indoor Championships |Stockholm, Sweden |22nd (q) |Triple jump |12.36 m |- |Olympic Games |Atlanta, United States |18th (q) |Triple jump |13.70 m |- |1997 |World Championships |Athens, Greece |25th (q) |Triple jump |13.67 m |- |1998 |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |6th |Triple jump |13.77 m |- |2002 |Commonwealth Games |Manchester, United Kingdom |8th |Triple jump |12.90 m |- |2006 |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia |7th |Triple jump |12.80 m |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics||Michelle Griffith-Robinson}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|gr/michelle-griffith-1|Michelle Griffith}}
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