Derrick Brown (long jumper)

Derrick Brown (born 21 November 1963) is a male retired English athlete who specialized in the long jump.

His career best jump was 8.00 metres, and his best international result was a fifth place at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

As a junior athlete, Brown had a personal best jump of 7.54 metres, achieved in June 1982 in Hull.

[3] At the AAA Indoor Championships, he won a gold medal in 1984 and silver medals in 1985 and 1987,[4] and at the AAA Championships, he won silver in 1985 and gold in 1986.

[2] Internationally, he competed for England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where he finished fifth with a jump of 7.65 metres.in Edinburgh, Scotland.