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Doug Nordquist Personal information Born December 20, 1958 Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for the 
United StatesGoodwill Games Silver 1990 Seattle High jump Douglas ("Doug") 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. He was TAC high jump champion in 1986 and 1988,[1] and placed second at the 1984 Olympic Trials.[2] He competed for Sonora High School, finishing a three way tie for third place at the 1977 CIF California State Meet,[3] Fullerton Community College,[4] Washington State University where he was coached by 1968 Olympian[5] Rick Sloan and Tiger International. He was a practitioner of Washington State's specialized weight training for high jumpers[6] He set his personal record of 2.36m while finishing second at the TAC National Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California on June 15, 1990. That jump currently ranks Nordquist tied as the 25th best performer in history.[7]
Doug Nordquist is now the director for the California High School Entertainment Unit,[8] as well as the Richard L. Graves middle school stage band. Winning first place awards for both of these bands.
References
- ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/archive/results.jsp?sex=M&disciplineId=18&id=1
- ^ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf
- ^ http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm
- ^ http://www.gocollegetrack.com/info/Knuth%20files/Knuth42.htm
- ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/rick-sloan-1.html
- ^ http://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Citation/1985/04000/Track_and_Field__Washington_State_University.14.aspx
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=HJ/detail.html
- ^ http://www.wuhsd.k12.ca.us/812203141972760/site/default.asp
External links
- IAAF profile for Doug Nordquist
- Article from Sports Illustrated
- Biography from The Goal.com
Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- American high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- People from California
- Washington State University alumni
- American high jumper stubs
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