Jai Desmond Taurima (born 26 June 1972 in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian retired athlete who competed in the long jump.

Despite smoking a packet of cigarettes a day,[1] he won a surprising silver medal at the 2000 Olympics with a personal best jump of 8.49 metres.

Since retiring from athletics, Taurima has joined the Australian Federal Police.

[4] Of New Zealand Māori descent, Taurima affiliates to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi.

[5] In 2014, his daughter, Indie Rose, died from leukemia at the age of two years old.