Jessica Cosby

Jessica Cosby

Personal information
Born	(1982-05-31) May 31, 1982 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Updated on August 14, 2012

Jessica Cosby (born May 31, 1982) is an American hammer thrower. She competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 74.2 metres, achieved on May 22, 2014, in Tucson, Arizona.

Shortly after the 2009 Championships, she failed a random, out-of-competition drug test. She explained that the banned diuretic had entered her system as a result of taking a water pill to aid urination. Cosby said that depression, brought on by a series of personal and sporting setbacks (including losing her coach and her job), had left her unable to pass water and that her mother had given her the pill. Following an arbitration meeting with the US Anti-Doping Agency, the panel accepted her version of events and she received a reduced ban of four months.

Cosby tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a six-year suspension for her second anti-doping rule violation in March 2017. She tested positive for the presence of an exogenous anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and/or its metabolites, which was confirmed by carbon isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) analysis, as a result of an out-of-competition urine sample she provided on September 12, 2016.

Cosby was runner-up at the 2010 USA Outdoor Championship, but won the national title in the hammer the following year. She reached the final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and placed eleventh overall. She set a new personal record at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic, throwing the implement 74.19 m for fourth place. She competed at the 2012 Olympic Games but again did not qualify for the final. She threw 71.72 meters to place 2nd at the 2014 US Outdoor championship on June 28.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the United States
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	9th	Shot put	14.93 m
2004	NACAC U23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	2nd	Hammer	63.70 m
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	Hammer	65.15 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	15th (q)	Hammer	67.90 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	—	Hammer	NM
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	Hammer	72.17 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th	Hammer	68.91 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	14th	Hammer	69.65 m

External links

• Jessica Cosby at World Athletics