{{short description|British triple jumper}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Vernon Samuels | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | club = Wolverhampton & Bilston AC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bristol, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =188 cm | weight =80 kg }}
'''Vernon George Samuels''' (born 5 October 1964) is a British retired athlete who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/vernon-samuels-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/vernon-samuels-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Vernon Samuels Olympic Results |access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Samuels finished third behind Mike Conley and Eric McCalla in the triple jump event at the 1983 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=14 June 2025}}</ref>
Samuels was a three-time All-American jumper for the SMU Mustangs track and field team, finishing 5th in the triple jump at the 1986 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref name="Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3367&event=24 |title=Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref> At the British AAA Championships, he finished on the podium four more times from 1988 to 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he represented Great Britain in the men's triple jump<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69460 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref> and represented England in the triple jump event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39634|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=14 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014165954/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39634|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He won the 1991 UK Athletics Championships triple jump event in Cardiff.
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