Troy Kemp (born March 18, 1966) is a former
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er from
the Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of ...
who won the gold medal at the
1995 World Championships in Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi, Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.
This edition featured 1804 athletes from ...
. His personal best was 2.38m in
Nice
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where he was an All-American. He was inducted into the Boise State Hall of Fame in 1996.
International competitions
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1966 births
Living people
Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas
Bahamian male high jumpers
Olympic male high jumpers
Olympic athletes for the Bahamas
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for the Bahamas
Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Bahamas
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
Boise State Broncos men's track and field athletes