Hyleas Fountain (born January 14, 1981 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American heptathlete.
Fountain attended Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she was under the coaching of Al Moten, and continued her career at the University of Georgia under coach Wayne Norton. Fountain has won NCAA championships in both the heptathlon and long jump.
She finished 12th at the 2005 World Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Ind...
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Hyleas Fountain (born January 14, 1981 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American heptathlete.
Fountain attended Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she was under the coaching of Al Moten, and continued her career at the University of Georgia under coach Wayne Norton. Fountain has won NCAA championships in both the heptathlon and long jump.
She finished 12th at the 2005 World Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Indoor Championships.
In 2008 Fountain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning the U.S. Olympic Trials with a personal best score of 6667 points in the heptathlon. Fountain set personal bests in five of the seven heptathlon events at the Trials. Her personal best long jump is 6.88 meters.
At the Olympics themselves, she originally finished in the bronze medal position. However, after the silver medallist Lyudmila Blonska tested positive on her drug test, Fountain was elevated to the silver medal position.
Fountain seemed sure to qualify...
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