Brittney Reese

Brittney Reese

Reese in 2009.
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 Olympic Games Gold 2012 London Long jump World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin Long jump Gold 2011 Daegu 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, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a four-time world champion. Reese recently won the 2012 World Indoor Long Jump title in Istanbul, Turkey, breaking the indoor American record once held by Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Her last attempt jump of 7.23 meters broke the American record as well as the World Indoor Championship record.

Personal

Born in Inglewood, California, Reese is a 2004 graduate of Gulfport High School, where she became state champion in the long jump and triple jump. 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.

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. Reese is the third youngest champion in the history of the event.

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.

At the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Reese successfully retained the gold medal in the long jump with a jump of 7.23 meters. 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.

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.

Major competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

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, 2012	AR, NR

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Further reading

• "The Beast is Hunting Olympic Gold". Sports Illustrated.com. January 10, 2012. 

• "Pistorius Advances to 400 Semifinals at Worlds". The New York Times. August 28, 2011. 

External links

• IAAF profile for Reese Brittney
• USA Track & Field Profile
• NBC Olympics Bio
• Ole Miss Sports Profile
• Brittney Reese on Twitter
• World Express Athletic Management

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