Philip Jensen
{{short description|New Zealand hammer thrower}}
{{For|the Australian Anglican minister|Phillip Jensen}}
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| birth_place = Te Aroha, New Zealand
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| pb = 72.06 m (1998)
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Philip Jensen (born 8 November 1967 in Te Aroha) is a former New Zealand representative hammer thrower.
His biggest success came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England where he won the silver medal. He also competed in the IAAF World Cup held in Madrid, Spain that same year.
Earlier in his sporting career he represented New Zealand in Rugby union, when from November 1984 to January 1985 he toured the United Kingdom with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby union Team. Later that year he was again picked for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby union Team who toured Australia.
Athletics career
= World Cup =
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| Year
! Place ! Event ! Performance |
|---|
| 2002
| 7th | 67.09m |
= Commonwealth Games =
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| Year
! Place ! Event ! Performance |
|---|
| 2002
| 2nd | 69.48m |
| 1998
| 6th | 69.63m |
| 1990
| 5th | 68.96m |
= New Zealand Track & Field Championships =
Source:[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/nzl.htm New Zealand Championships] (GBR Athletics)
Jensen holds the following championship records:-
- most titles – 20.
- longest career – 26 years between his first title win and his last.
- most in a row – 17 consecutive titles.
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Place ! Event ! Performance ! Age (years) ! Region ! Club |
|---|
| 2015
| 2nd | Hammer throw | 61.23m | 47 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2014
| 1st | Hammer throw | 61.85m | 46 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2013
| 1st | Hammer throw | 60.73m | 45 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2012
| 1st | Hammer throw | 60.65m | 44 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2011
| 1st | Hammer throw | 59.04m | 43 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2010
| 1st | Hammer throw | 62.53m | 42 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2009
| 1st | Hammer throw | 58.90m | 41 | Wellington | LHAAC |
| 2008
| 1st | Hammer throw | 60.37m | 40 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2007
| 1st | Hammer throw | 62.20m | 39 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2006
| 1st | Hammer throw | 65.85m | 38 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2005
| 1st | Hammer throw | 65.72m | 37 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2004
| 1st | Hammer throw | 68.14m | 36 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2003
| 1st | Hammer throw | 69.52m | 35 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2002
| 1st | Hammer throw | 65.65m | 34 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2001
| 1st | Hammer throw | 62.80m | 33 | Auckland | Bays |
| 2000
| 1st | Hammer throw | 69.19m | 32 | Auckland | Bays |
| 1999
| 1st | Hammer throw | 69.16m | 31 | Auckland | Bays |
| 1998
| 1st | Hammer throw | 70.88m | 30 | Auckland | Bays |
| 1997
| 3rd | Hammer throw | 65.22m | 29 | Waikato | HAAC |
| 1996
| 1st | Hammer throw | 64.68m | 28 | Waikato | HAAC |
| 1995
| 1st | Hammer throw | 62.08m | 27 | Waikato | HAAC |
| 1990{{ref|a}}
| 2nd | Hammer throw | 66.12m | 22 | Waikato | HAAC |
| 1989{{ref|b}}
| 2nd | Hammer throw | 63.80m | 21 | Waikato | HAAC |
| 1988
| 1st | Hammer throw | 64.02m | 20 | Waikato | HAAC |
=Notes=
:1.{{note|a}}25 November 1989 – While held in November 1989 this competition was both the 1990 National Championship and Commonwealth Games trials.
:2.{{note|b}}11 March 1989
== Personal Best ==
His personal best is 72.06m, achieved in February 1998 in Auckland, New Zealand.
References
External links
- {{NZOC profile|philip-jensen}}
- [http://www.nzoc.co.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&mode=results&ContactID=71&GamesID=2 NZOC Profile] {{dead link|date=October 2018}}
- [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics/new-zealand/philip-jensen-1297/hammer-silver-at-2002-commonwealth-games_a08516/ Page with Photo at Sporting Heroes]
{{1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1998 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC hammer throw men}}
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Category:New Zealand male hammer throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Sportspeople from Te Aroha
Category:Athletes from Waikato
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
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