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Mike Powell (long jumper)
Athletics competitor, long jumper
Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, ) is an American former track and field athlete, the holder of the long jumpworld record, and a two-time world champion as well as two-time Olympic silver medalist in the event.
His world record of m (29ft 4+14in) was set on August 30,
Biography
Background
Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the age of 52, Mike Powell who is the world record holder in long jump, is hoping to make it to the Olympics.
He attended Edgewood High School in West Covina, California. In high school, he cleared a height of 7 feet (m) in the high jump at the CIF California State Meet in [2] He went to the University of California, Irvine and transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles.
Since then, he is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Athletics career
In , Powell won the long jump silver medal at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
At the World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan, on August 30, , Powell broke Bob Beam