Hyleas Fountain

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Hyleas Fountain
Personal information
Birth nameHyleas Fountain
Nationality
Long Jump
Coached byLynn Smith
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Heptathlon
Updated on 4 August 2012.

Hyleas Fountain (born January 14, 1981) is an American

2008 Beijing Olympics
.

Career

Early years

Fountain was born in

NCAA championships in both the heptathlon and long jump
.

2005-2006

She finished 12th at the

2005 World Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Indoor Championships
.

2008

In 2008, Fountain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning the U.S. Olympic Trials with a personal best score of 6667 points in the heptathlon. Fountain set personal bests in five of the seven heptathlon events at the Trials.[1]

At the Olympics themselves, she originally finished in the bronze medal position. However, after the silver medallist

Lyudmila Blonska
tested positive on her drug test, Fountain was elevated to the silver medal position.

2009-2010

Fountain seemed sure to qualify for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics after gaining a significant lead in the heptathlon at the US Championships (5193 points after five events). However, she injured her neck in the high jump event and aggravated the injury after a personal best long jump, thus ruling her out of the US and World Championships.[2]

She finished fourth in the pentathlon at the

Adidas Grand Prix. Although Fountain won only one of the events, she won the competition by merit of having the greatest points total.[3]

2011

She led the 2011

800 meters) without announcing why.[4]

2012

Qualified for the 2012 London Olympics on June 30, 2012.

In the Heptathlon at the

Long Jump, where she began to suffer from lower back pains. She continued into the Javelin but was only able to make a non-competitive performance. She did not compete in the 800 metres and while finishing with the highest incomplete score, officially registered a DNF.[5]

Personal bests (outdoor)

Event Performance Location Date
Heptathlon 6735 Des Moines 06-26-2010
200 meters 23.21 (0.3 m/s) Beijing 08-15-2008
800 meters 2:15.32 Talence 09-14-2008
100 meters hurdles 12.70 (1.3 m/s) London 08-03-2012
High jump 1.90 Des Moines 06-25-2010
Long jump 6.89 (0.6 m/s) Luzern 07-15-2009
Javelin throw 48.15 Eugene 06-28-2008
Shot put 13.81 Eugene 06-27-2009

Last updated 14 January 2015.

References

  1. ^ Fountain’s hot run of PBs takes her to a world leading 6667 - US Trials Heptathlon
  2. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
  3. ^ Mills, Stephen (2010-06-13). Ennis upstaged by Fountain in New York[permanent dead link]. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-06-17.
  4. ^ Hyleas Fountain fails to finish in world heptathlon. Retrieved on 2011-08-30.
  5. ^ "Olympics 2012: Hyleas Fountain scratches from the last event of the heptathlon". August 5, 2012.

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