Hyleas Fountain
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| Women's athletics | ||
Competitor for the  United States |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | Heptathlon |
Hyleas Fountain (born January 14, 1981 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American heptathlete.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early years
Fountain attended Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she was under the coaching of Al Moten, and continued her career at the University of Georgia under coach Wayne Norton. Fountain has won NCAA championships in both the heptathlon and long jump.
[edit] 2005-2006
She finished 12th at the 2005 World Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Indoor Championships.
[edit] 2008
In 2008, Fountain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning the U.S. Olympic Trials with a personal best score of 6667 points in the heptathlon. Fountain set personal bests in five of the seven heptathlon events at the Trials.[1]
At the Olympics themselves, she originally finished in the bronze medal position. However, after the silver medallist Lyudmila Blonska tested positive on her drug test, Fountain was elevated to the silver medal position.
[edit] 2009-2010
Fountain seemed sure to qualify for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics after gaining a significant lead in the heptathlon at the US Championships (5193 points after five events). However, she injured her neck in the high jump event and aggravated the injury after a personal best long jump, thus ruling her out of the US and World Championships.[2]
She finished fourth in the pentathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, setting a personal record of 4753 points as well as setting indoor bests in the shot put, high jump and 800 meters. Later that year she took on reigning world champion Jessica Ennis in a three-event challenge at the Adidas Grand Prix. Although Fountain won only one of the events, she won the competition by merit of having the greatest points total.[3]
[edit] 2011
She led the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea after 2 events, but then fell away and pulled out of the final event (800 metres) without announcing why. [4]
[edit] Personal bests (outdoor)
| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heptathlon | 6735 | Des Moines | 06-26-2010 |
| 200 metres | 23.21 (0.3 m/s) | Beijing | 08-15-2008 |
| 800 metres | 2:15.32 | Talence | 09-14-2008 |
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.78 (0.4 m/s) | Beijing | 08-15-2008 |
| High jump | 1.90 | Des Moines | 06-25-2010 |
| Long jump | 6.89 (0.6 m/s) | Luzern | 07-15-2009 |
| Javelin throw | 48.15 | Eugene | 06-28-2008 |
| Shot put | 13.81 | Eugene | 06-27-2009 |
Last updated 27 June, 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ Fountain’s hot run of PBs takes her to a world leading 6667 - US Trials Heptathlon
- ^ Gordon, Ed (2009-06-29). Injured Fountain abandons, title goes to Pickler with 6290 – US Heptathlon Champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
- ^ Mills, Stephen (2010-06-13). Ennis upstaged by Fountain in New York. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-06-17.
- ^ Hyleas Fountain fails to finish in world heptathlon. Retrieved on 2011-08-30.
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Hyleas Fountain
- U.S. Track and Field profile
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American heptathletes
- African American track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- People from Columbus, Georgia
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African American female track and field athletes
