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| Full name | Joni Luann Huntley | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 4, 1956 (age 64) McMinnville, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1.97 m (1984)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joni Luann Huntley (born August 4, 1956) is an American high jumper. She competed at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1984, placing fifth in 1976. At the Pan American Games she won a gold medal in 1975 and a bronze in 1983. She was ranked as third-best high jumper in the world in 1975. Domestically she won the national title in 1974–77 and set four American records in 1974–75.[1]
Huntley was born in McMinnville, Oregon, and raised in Sheridan, Oregon, where she attended Sheridan High School. While there she was the first high school girl over 6 feet, setting the NFHS national high school record.[3] A graduate of Oregon State University, she is currently a teacher at Forest Park Elementary in Portland, Oregon and has two daughters.
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joni Huntley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Joni Huntley". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ National High School Record Book Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Joni Huntley at Wikimedia Commons- Joni Huntley at World Athletics
- Joni Huntley at the International Olympic Committee
- Short profile at LongBeachState.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2007)
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Preceded by Deanne Wilson | USA National High Jump Champion 1974–1977 | Succeeded by Louise Ritter |