 Clemons at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | March 8, 2002 Oakland, California | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 8.22m (Fayetteville, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Malcolm Clemons (born March 8, 2002) is an American long jumper. He won the 2025 NCAA Championships outdoor title. [1]
From Oakland, California, Clemons began running with the Oakland Police Activity League when he was five years-old. He attended Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley in Berkeley, California where he became fluent in French. He attended Saint Mary’s College High School in Berkeley CA before attending and graduating high school from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida in 2020. Malcolm received his bachelor’s from the University of Florida in December 2024 in International Studies. [2]
He was the 2018 CIF High School State Championships gold medalist (Long Jump).
He was the 2018 New Balance Outdoor silver medalist (Long Jump).
He was the 2019 USATF National Junior Olympics bronze medalist (Long Jump 17-18 Division).
He was a gold medalist at the NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2023. [3]
He finished third in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024. [4] [5]
He placed third in the long jump at the 2024 NCAA Division 1 Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024. [6] [7]
He was runner-up in the long jump at the 2024 United States Olympic trials with a distance of 8.18 metres. [8] He subsequently competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [9]
In June 2025, he won the 2025 NCAA Championships title in Eugene, Oregon, with a jump of 8.04 metres. [10]
