Chris Commons

For the Scottish international footballer see Kris Commons

Chris Commons

Personal information
Birth name	Christopher John Commons
Born	(1950-12-09) 9 December 1950
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Medal record Men's Athletics British Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Long jump 1978 Edmonton Long jump

Christopher John Commons (born 9 December 1950) is a retired long jumper from Australia, who represented his country in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1]

Commons won silver medals in the 1974 and 1978 Commonwealth Games during his career. A four-time national champion in the men's long jump (1973–1976), he held the Australian Residential Long Jump Record of 8.08 metres. He won the Pacific Conference Games in 1977 and was second in the event in 1973.

Commons was ranked sixth in the world by the magazine Track & Field News in 1975. He received the Athlete of the Year award from the Athletics International organisation for the 1974–5 season.

As a young athlete, Commons was the Australian Junior Champion (under 19 years of age) in the triple jump for three consecutive years (1967-9).

His brothers, Don Commons (triple jump) and David Commons, were also notable athletes.