Darren Ritchie (long jumper)

Darren Ritchie (born 1975) is a Scottish former long jumper.

He also added two Scottish indoor titles in long jump.

He finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, missing the bronze medal with a one centimetre margin.

He also narrowly missed the qualification standards for the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics, although in the latter case he came close with a new Scottish record of 8.01 metres.

Ritchie is currently Scottish Athletics National Jumps and Combined Events Manager (September 2008).