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(Redirected from Roderick Townsend) American Paralympic athlete

Roderick Townsend-Roberts
Townsend-Roberts at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Personal information
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 (age 32)
Stockton, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classT46/47/F46/47
Event(s)Sprint, long jump, high jump, triple jump
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Long jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro High jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo High jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris High jump T47
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Long jump T47
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha High jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2017 London High jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai High jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris High jump T47
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe High jump T47
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha Long jump T47
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha Triple jump T47
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha 4×100 m T42-47
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris Long jump T47
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto High jump T42/44/47
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Long jump T47

Roderick Townsend-Roberts (born July 1, 1992) is an American Paralympic athlete. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics he set a high jump world record (2.15 m) and won gold in high jump, silver in long jump.

Career

He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2015 Parapan American Games. In 2015 he set two world records (2.07 and 2.12 m) and won the world title in the high jump in his disability class. Townsend-Roberts cleared 2.14 m (7 ft 1⁄4 in) at the 2019 Mt. SAC Relays to take his world record over 7 feet.

Townsend-Roberts sustained permanent nerve damage to his right arm and shoulder at birth. He played football for two years at Lincoln High School in Stockton, California, and served as the team captain in 2009. He has a degree in communications from Boise State University and used to work as an athletics coach at Northern Arizona University. He currently lives in Kentucky with his wife Tynita Butts.

References

  1. ^ "Roderick Townsend". teamusa.com. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015.
  2. "RODERICK TOWNSEND SETS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD WHILE DANIEL ROMANCHUCK GRABS GOLD". teamusa.com. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  3. "RODERICK TOWNSEND JUMPS TO A NEW PERSONAL BEST AND LANDS THE SILVER IN MEN'S LONG JUMP". teamusa.com. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  4. "Roderick Townsend sets high jump WORLD RECORD en route to Paralympic gold". youtube.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  5. "Roderick Townsend-Roberts". rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  6. "Roderick Townsend-Roberts". toronto2015.org. 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015.
  7. "2019 Mt. SAC Relays results". TFRRS. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  8. "5 Facts: USA's Roderick Townsend-Roberts". Paralympic.org. July 6, 2017. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

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