medaltemplates article_title name birth_date
men 's athletics jai taurima
 jai taurima 26 june 1972
jai taurima

jai taurima -lrb- born 26 june 1972 in southport , queensland -rrb- is a retired australian athlete who competed in the long jump .
he won a surprising silver medal at the 2000 olympics with a personal best jump of 8.49 metres .
this was the oceanian record .
he is also known as ` jumping jai ' or ` jumping jai taurima ' .
in addition , taurima won a silver medal at the 1998 commonwealth games .
since retiring from athletics , taurima has joined the australian federal police force .
he was married to long jumper kerrie taurima .
of new zealand māori descent , taurima affiliates to the ngāti kahungunu iwi .
