Paul Dickenson obituary

Paul Dickenson throwing the hammer for Great Britain in the mid-1970s. He competed at the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980. Photograph: Ed Lacey/Popperfoto/Getty Images

Paul Dickenson, who has died aged 74, worked as a BBC commentator for more than 20 years and was associated with some of the greatest moments in British athletics history.

It was Dickenson who was commentating when the triple jumper Jonathan Edwards broke the world record at the 1995 World Athletics Championships with a leap of 18.29m, which still holds. His was also the principal voice describing Olympic heptathlon gold-medal-winning performances by Denise Lewis in the 2000 Games in Sydney and Jessica Ennis-Hill, who triumphed in the London Games 12 years later.