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| Born | December 20, 1958 San Gabriel, California, United States[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tiger International | |||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Nordquist (born December 20, 1958, in San Gabriel, California) is a retired male high jumper from the United States, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he ended up in fifth place with a jump of 2.29 metres, one place behind distant cousin Dwight Stones.[2] He was TAC high jump champion in 1986 and 1988,[3] and placed second at the 1984 Olympic Trials behind Stones.[4] He competed for Sonora High School, finishing a three-way tie for third place at the 1977 CIF California State Meet.[5] While at Fullerton Community College he won the 1979 California Community College Championships,[6] Washington State University where he was coached by 1968 Olympian[7] 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[8] He set his personal record of 2.36m while finishing second in a jumpoff at the USATF National Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California on June 15, 1990. Alan Hankle and Athleticorp was his coach.
That jump currently ranks Nordquist tied as the 25th best performer in history.[9] For his athletic achievements, Nordquist was inducted into the Washington State University Hall of Fame in 2015[10] and was an inaugural inductee to the Fullerton College Track and Field Wall of Fame in 2019.[11]
Doug Nordquist was a highly decorated director for the California High School Entertainment Unit,[12] 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.[13]
His personal bests in the event are 2.36 metres outdoors (Norwalk 1990) and 2.31 metres indoors (Genk 1987).[14]
1993 at age 34, Nordquist competed at the Masters level winning high jump.[15] Nordquist competed at the 1993 Masters National Outdoor Championship, winning the M30 high jump.[16]
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“I was told often that I was too short to be a high jumper”, Stefan Holm, Olympic champion
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1984 Ulrike Meyfarth (Germany) highjump 1.87 meter at qualification Los Angeles
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International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing the  United States
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| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 2.29 m | |
| 1986 | Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1st | 2.34 m | |
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 2.30 m | |
References
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ "Douglas NORDQUIST Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-04-21.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ "51视频学院,国产精品无码视频你懂的首页_Av麻豆男人的天堂在线观看_秋霞在线观看播放免费". Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ Rick Sloan at Sports Reference
- ^ Foran, Bill (April 1985). "Track and Field: Washington State University Weight training for the high jump". Strength & Conditioning Journal. 7 (2): 48–49. doi:10.1519/0744-0049(1985)007<0048:WSUWTF>2.3.CO;2.
- ^ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
- ^ "Athletics Hall of Fame | Patterson Wall of Honor | Washington State University".
- ^ "Track & Field: Hornet Olympians Honored". 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Whittier Union High School District / Whittier Union High School District". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ^ "ALL GOOD NEWS: Longtime Whittier band director named Teacher of the Year". 12 June 2020.
- ^ All-Athletics profile
- ^ Masters West Region Meet Record. [1] Retrieved Jun 4, 2022
- ^ masters history. [2] Retrieved Feb 8, 2023
External links
- Doug Nordquist at World Athletics
- Article from Sports Illustrated
- Biography from The Goal.com
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