Doug Nordquist
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| Born | December 20, 1958 San Gabriel, California, United States[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tiger International | ||||||||||||||
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Douglas Nordquist (born December 20, 1958 in San Gabriel, California) is a retired male high jumper from the United States, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he ended up in fifth place with a jump of 2.29 metres. He was TAC high jump champion in 1986 and 1988,[2] and placed second at the 1984 Olympic Trials behind distant cousin Dwight Stones.[3] He competed for Sonora High School, finishing a three-way tie for third place at the 1977 CIF California State Meet,[4] Fullerton Community College,[5] Washington State University where he was coached by 1968 Olympian[6] Rick Sloan and Tiger International. He was a practitioner of Washington State's specialized weight training for high jumpers[7] He set his personal record of 2.36m while finishing second at the TAC National Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California on June 15, 1990. That jump currently ranks Nordquist tied as the 25th best performer in history.[8]
Doug Nordquist is now the director for the California High School Entertainment Unit,[9] winning first place awards with the band.
His personal bests in the event are 2.36 metres outdoors (Norwalk 1990) and 2.31 metres indoors (Genk 1987).[10]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing the  United States
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| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 2.29 m | |
| 1986 | Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1st | 2.34 m | |
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 2.30 m | |
References
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Rick Sloan at Sports Reference
- ^ http://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Citation/1985/04000/Track_and_Field__Washington_State_University.14.aspx
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=HJ/detail.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ All-Athletics profile
External links
- Doug Nordquist at World Athletics
- Article from Sports Illustrated
- Biography from The Goal.com
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- American male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- People from San Gabriel, California
- Washington State Cougars men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from California
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- American high jumper stubs