Douglas Nordquist (born December 20, 1958, in

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) is a retired male

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er from the

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, who competed at the

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where he ended up in fifth place with a jump of 2.29 metres, one place behind distant cousin

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. He was TAC high jump champion in 1986 and 1988, and placed second at the 1984

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behind Stones. He competed for

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, finishing a three-way tie for third place at the 1977

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. While at Fullerton Community College he won the 1979 California Community College Championships,

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where he was coached by 1968 Olympian Rick Sloan. After graduation he was coached by Jim Kiefer and competed for and Tiger International. He was a practitioner of Washington State's specialized weight training for high jumpers He set his personal record of 2.36m while finishing second in a jumpoff at the USATF National Championships at

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on June 15, 1990. Alan Hankle and Athleticorp was his coach. That jump currently ranks Nordquist tied as the 25th best performer in history. For his athletic achievements, Nordquist was inducted into the Washington State University Hall of Fame in 2015 and was an inaugural inductee to the Fullerton College Track and Field Wall of Fame in 2019. Doug Nordquist was a highly decorated director for the California High School Entertainment Unit, winning first place awards with the band. Nordquist retired from teaching at the end of the 2019–2020 school year and was honored as the Whittier Teacher of the Year, an award previously given to his father in 1986. His personal bests in the event are 2.36 metres outdoors (Norwalk 1990) and 2.31 metres indoors (Genk 1987). 1993 at age 34, Nordquist competed at the Masters level winning high jump. Nordquist competed at the 1993 Masters National Outdoor Championship, winning the M30 high jump.masters history

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