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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Long jump: 6.86m (2024) NU20R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sophia Beckmon (born 17 August 2005) is an American long jumper. [1]
From Oregon City, she attended Oregon City High School and won consecutive national U18 titles in the long jump. [2] [3] [4]
She finished runner-up in the long jump at the 2022 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon and qualified for the World U20 Championships in 2022 but was unable to travel to Cali, Colombia due to a passport issue. [5] [6]
She won gold in both the long jump and the 4x100m relay at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2023. [7] [8]
After starting at Illinois State University, in May 2024, she jumped 6.86 m (+1.0 m/s) in Champaign to equal the North, Central American and Caribbean under-20 record distance. [9] [10] [11]
She won silver in the long jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru on 28 August 2024. [12] [13]
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