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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Triple jump: 17.28m (Eugene, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Russell Robinson (born June 27, 2001) is an American triple jumper. He placed second in the 2024 US Olympic trials. [1]
He attended West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida where he was state high school champion for the long jump, prior to attending the University of Miami. [2] [3]
He won gold in the NACAC U23 Championships triple jump competition in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2023. [4]
He won the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024. [5] He was runner-up at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, where he set a University of Miami school record of 17.13 metres. [6]
He placed second at the 2024 United States Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon on June 30, 2024. He had been the top qualifier for the final, recording a personal best distance of 17.28 metres. [7] [8]
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