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Born | Stockton, California, U.S. [1] | July 1, 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T46/47/F46/47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint, long jump, high jump, triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. [2] [3] [4]
He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]
Townsend-Roberts sustained permanent nerve damage to his right arm and shoulder at birth. [8] 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. [1]
Media related to
Roderick Townsend-Roberts at Wikimedia Commons
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Born | Stockton, California, U.S. [1] | July 1, 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T46/47/F46/47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint, long jump, high jump, triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. [2] [3] [4]
He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]
Townsend-Roberts sustained permanent nerve damage to his right arm and shoulder at birth. [8] 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. [1]
Media related to
Roderick Townsend-Roberts at Wikimedia Commons