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Definition of "triple-jumper" []

  • An athlete who competes in the triple jump. (noun)

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Use "triple-jumper" in a sentence
  • "When the games begin, Britons will be cheering for the nation's handful of contenders, like triple-jumper Phillips Idowu, heptahlete Jessica Ennis and distance runner Mohamed Farah."
  • "Shortly before joining them, triple-jumper Myer Prinstein had become the first Jewish-American to win Olympic gold."
  • "Simi Adeagbo, a triple-jumper who did not make the Olympic team, said that after spending most of this year training with the amputee sprinter April Holmes and several other Paralympians at the Olympic center in Chula Vista, her view of disabled athletes had changed."