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ABOUT GRACE
Represents:
USA
Event:
Long
Jump (6.88m/22’7”)
Birthday:
September 22, 1975
College:
Oregon ’94, Cal-Berkeley ‘97
Hometown:
Berkeley, CA
Residence:
Chula Vista, CA
Coach:
Dan
Pfaff
Affiliation:
Nike
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CARREER HIGHLIGHTS
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2-time Olympian (’04, ’08)
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8th, 2008 Olympics
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3-time US Outdoor Champion (’03, ’05, ’07)
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#8 in the World; #2 in the US for 2008
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6th, 2008 World Indoor Championships
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GRACE’S BIO
Grace has been one of the most consistent and
dominant American long jumpers over the last eight years.
Surprisingly, this almost never came to be, as she hung up her
spikes after finishing her collegiate career at Cal-Berkeley,
never even qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Then in 2000,
after spending two years away from the sport, she met legendary
athlete and coach, Al Joyner. He convinced her to come back to
the sport she loved and missed, and Grace has not looked back
since!
In 2001, Grace won her first national title at
the US Indoor Championships, and has gone on to win three US
Outdoor National Championships and has been a member of seven
national teams, including two Olympic Games. In her first
Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, she finished 10th in the final.
Last year at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she improved her
finish to 8th place, and looks to
continue that success this year.
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