Brittney Reese

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Brittney Reese

Reese in 2013.
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1986-09-09) September 9, 1986
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 140 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Long jump
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 3 0 0
World Indoor Championships 2 0 0
Total 6 0 0
Olympic Games
Gold 2012 London Long jump
World Championships
Gold 2009 Berlin Long jump
Gold 2011 Daegu Long jump
Gold 2013 Moscow Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold 2010 Doha Long jump
Gold 2012 Istanbul Long jump

Brittney Reese (born September 9, 1986) is an American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and is a five-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters.

Personal

Born in Inglewood, California,[1] Reese is a 2004 graduate of Gulfport High School, where she became state champion in the long jump and triple jump.[2] She later attended MGCCC and the University of Mississippi. Reese was a member of the women's basketball team at MGCCC and was recently inducted into their sports Hall of Fame.

Career

She was the NCAA Outdoor Champion in long jump in 2007 and 2008. 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.

On May 24, 2009, in Belém, Reese extended her personal best to 7.06 m (0.7 m/s wind). This brought her to third on the American all-time list, behind Marion Jones and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.[3]

At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, in Berlin, Reese won the long jump title with a jump of 7.10 meters, beating defending champion Tatyana Lebedeva.[4] Reese is the third youngest champion in the history of the event.[5]

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Reese won the gold medal in the long jump with a jump of 6.70 meters.

At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Reese successfully retained the gold medal in the long jump with a jump of 6.82 meters.[6]

At the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Reese successfully retained the gold medal in the long jump with a jump of 7.23 meters.[7] She became the first woman to win back-to-back World indoor titles in the long jump when she landed a 7.23 m last round effort, the longest mark indoors since 1989, a new American record and third on the all-time indoor lists. At the start of the outdoor season she broke Carol Lewis' long-standing meet record at the Mt SAC Relays with a jump of 7.12 m.[8]

Reese won her third consecutive long jump world outdoor title at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow with a jump of 7.01m, beating Blessing Okagbare narrowly by 2cm.

Reese is currently represented by Mark Pryor of World Express Athletic Management.

Philanthropy

On November 14, 2011, Reese donated 100 turkeys and her time to various homeless and religious organizations in her community of Gulfport, Mississippi as her way of "giving back" to the community that has supported her throughout her athletic career. She wanted to make Thanksgiving a little easier, in an area where there are few resources for those in need.

On October 26, 2012, in conjunction with the Gulfport School District celebrating "Brittney Reese Day"; Reese created the B.Reese Scholarship which will be awarded annually to 1 male & 1 female student who has been accepted to a 2-year or 4-year college.

On May 21, 2013, the Reese Scholarship was awarded in Baltimore County Public Schools to a deserving student accepted to college or university who participated in the Allied Sports Program coordinated by the Office of Athletics directed by Michael Sye.

Major competition record

Representing the  United States
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 8th Long jump 6.60 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 5th Long jump 6.76 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 1st Long jump 7.10 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 1st Long jump 6.70 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 1st Long jump 6.82 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st Long jump 7.23 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 1st Long jump 7.12 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 1st Long jump 7.01 m

Personal bests

Event Best (m) Venue Date Note(s)
Long jump (outdoor) 7.25 Doha May 10, 2013
Long jump (indoor) 7.23 Istanbul March 11, 2012AR, NR
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

  1. ↑ "Brittney Reese hopes to be leaps and bounds above the rest". Los Angeles Times. April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012. "Reese, who was born in Inglewood, Calif., and moved at the age of 3 to Mississippi" 
  2. ↑ Gex II, Joseph W. (August 14, 2012). "Brittney Reese - Coast’s golden hero". Sea Coast Echo. Retrieved November 11, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-25). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
  4. ↑ (2009-08-23). Reese wins women's long jump at worlds. The Associated Press. Retrieved on 2009-08-24.
  5. ↑ Laura Arcoleo (2009-08-23). Reese – ‘I knew I had it in me’. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-24.
  6. ↑ Hart, Simon (August 28, 2011). "World Athletics Championships 2011: American Trey Hardee retains decathlon title as Ashton Eaton fades". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "EVENT REPORT - Women's Long Jump - Final". http://www.iaaf.org. 
  8. ↑ Lee, Kirby (2012-04-22). World leads by Reese and Aarrass highlight Mt Sac Relays. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Portugal Naide Gomes		 Women's long jump
Best year performance
2009 		Succeeded by
Russia Olga Kucherenko
Preceded by
Russia Olga Kucherenko		 Women's long jump
Best year performance
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
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