Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American athlete who specializes in the long jump. He has also competed in the 60 meters and 100 meters sprints.
Dwight was a promising sprinter in his early days but concentrated on the triple jump while at University of Kentucky before switching to the long jump after moving to Arizona State University in 2000. He competed at 2000 Sydney Olympics and finished eighth in the long ju...
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Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American athlete who specializes in the long jump. He has also competed in the 60 meters and 100 meters sprints.
Dwight was a promising sprinter in his early days but concentrated on the triple jump while at University of Kentucky before switching to the long jump after moving to Arizona State University in 2000. He competed at 2000 Sydney Olympics and finished eighth in the long jump with a jump of 8.06 m. He was the best American performer in the event. At his first World Championships he again finished eighth.
He came to prominence in 2003 when he won both the IAAF indoor and outdoor World Championships. The indoor championship event was a close contest, with Phillips only beating Spain's Yago Lamela by a centimeter. He won the outdoor title with a winning margin of four centimeters over James Beckford of Jamaica.
In the run up to the 2004 Athens Olympics, Phillips was ranked number one in the world, and he won the...
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