Tiombe Hurd (born August 17, 1973) is an American
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...
er. After winning the 2004
US Olympic Trials, she represented her native country at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens, Greece
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, where she didn't reach the final. Her personal best jump is 14.45 metres, achieved in July 2004 in
Sacramento
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. This was the American record at the time.
Competed in the 2010 US Masters National Outdoor Championship, and winning the TJ with a Masters American Record mark.
She was a member of the
James Madison Dukes track and field program, where she qualified for five
NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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and
NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
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from 1993 to 1995.
Competition record
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1973 births
Living people
American female triple jumpers
Track and field athletes from Seattle
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade
AAA Championships winners
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
21st-century American sportswomen
American masters athletes
James Madison Dukes women's track and field athletes
20th-century American sportswomen
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