Roderick Townsend-Roberts

Roderick Townsend-Roberts

Townsend-Roberts at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Personal information
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
Stockton, California, U.S.[1]
Height 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[1]
Weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Sport
Sport Paralympic athletics
Disability class T46/47/F46/47
Event(s) Sprint, long jump, high jump, triple jump

Roderick Townsend-Roberts (born July 1, 1992) is an American Paralympic athlete. He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics[2] and 2015 Parapan American Games. In 2015 he set two world records (2.07 and 2.12 m) and won the world title in the high jump in his disability class.[3]

Townsend-Roberts was born to Jason and Mary Holloway. He played American football for two years at the Lincoln High School (Stockton, California) and served as the team captain in 2009. He has a degree in communications from Boise State University and currently works as an athletics coach at Northern Arizona University.[1]

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