Brittney Reese was born September 9, 1986 in Inglewood, California.
She graduated from Gulfport High School where she was the state champion in
long jump and triple jump. She is known as the world’s farthest long jumper. She
attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and the University of
Mississippi. She was the NCAA Outdoor
Champion in the long jump in 2007 and 2008. She received the SEC Women’s Field
Athlete of the Year award in 2007. Reese
set a personal best in the long jump of 22 feet, 9.75 inches (6.95 meters) in
July 2008 in Eugene, Oregon at the U.S. Olympic Trials to qualify for the 2008
Summer Olympics in Beijing. At the Olympics, Reese had the best qualifying jump
at 6.87 meters. However, Reese placed fifth in the final, with a jump of 6.76
meters.
She is a five-time USA Outdoor champion and a two-time
USA Indoor champion. At the 2012 Olympics, she placed first in the long jump
with a jump of 23 feet, 4.50 inches (7.12m). She is a three-time World Outdoor
gold medalist and a two-time World Indoor gold medalist. Reese holds the
American indoor record with a jump of 23 feet, 8.75 inches (7.23m).
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Where did she get her start? I mean when she graduated she was a state champion. Did someone pick her out of a crowd or did her parents have some relation to the world of track and field?
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