Troy Doris 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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down t ...

er of Guyanese descent. He competed at the

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. He finished seventh with a mark of 16.90 meters. He was born in Chicago to Guyanese parents. He graduated from

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in Bolingbrook, Illinois in 2007. Doris was a two-time junior college national champion at the College of DuPage before transferring to the

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. Before choosing to compete for Guyana, he placed eighth at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the triple jump. Doris was Guyana's flag bearer at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Doris won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in triple jump.

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1989 births Living people Track and field athletes from Chicago University of Iowa alumni American male triple jumpers American sportspeople of Guyanese descent Guyanese male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Guyana Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Guyana Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Guyana Olympic male triple jumpers Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{US-triplejump-athletics-bio-stub