He has taken part in three Olympic Games, famously winning Gold in
the Long Jump at Tokyo in 1964. To this day, Lynn is the only
British athlete ever to have won a gold medal for that event and is
still the proud holder of
the British Long Jump record.
Lynn also won gold at the 1966 Jamaica & 1970 Edinburgh,
Commonwealth Games and also claimed gold in the 1966 and silver
in the 1969 European Championships.