Dion Bentley
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-08-26) August 26, 1971 (age 52) Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Florida Gators | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | LJ: 8.39 m (New Orleans 1993) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dion Bentley (born August 26, 1971) is an American long jumper.
Bentley attended Penn Hills High School, where he had a stellar track career,[1] including setting the still current American Junior record in the long jump.[2] He was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1989.[3]
He went to the University of Florida, where he continued to compete in the long jump and holds the Gators' indoor (26 ft 8+1⁄4 in or 8.13 m) and outdoor (27 ft 6+1⁄2 in or 8.39 m) records.[4] Bentley had the unfortunate timing of reaching the elite ranks at the peak of the careers of Carl Lewis, Mike Powell, Larry Myricks and Joe Greene among others,[4] reaching as high as #6 on the U.S. rankings in 1994 in his three visits to the top ten.[5] As of 2013, he ranks as #50 on the all-time world performer list.[6]
References
- ^ "A Young Long Jumper Taking Aim at the Best - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "USATF - Statistics - Records". usatf.org. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "browser - Please update to a modern browser". trackandfieldnews.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ a b "Where are they now? Dion Bentley". old.post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Long Jump - men - senior - outdoor | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
External links
- IAAF profile for Dion Bentley
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Preceded by Art Skipper | Track & Field News High School Boys Athlete of the Year 1989 | Succeeded by |
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- 1986: Eric Mastalir
- 1987: Kamy Keshmiri
- 1988: Art Skipper
- 1989: Dion Bentley
- 1990: Brent Noon
- 1991: Bryan Bronson
- 1992: Sheddric Fields
- 1993: Charles Mitchell
- 1994: Andre Scott
- 1995: Michael Stember
- 1996: Michael Granville
- 1997: Sharif Karie
- 1998: Jon Stevens
- 1999: Jake Freeman
- 2000: Donald Sage
- 2001: Alan Webb
- 2002: Brendan Christian
- 2003: Kerron Clement
- 2004: Jason Richardson
- 2005: Ryan Whiting
- 2006: David Klech
- 2007: Bryshon Nellum
- 2008: German Fernandez
- 2009: Curtis Beach
- 2010: Sam Crouser
- 2011: Gunnar Nixon
- 2012: Abraham Hall
- 2013: Trayvon Bromell
- 2014: Trentavis Friday
- 2015: Michael Norman
- 2016: Michael Norman
- 2017: Mondo Duplantis
- 2018: Anthony Schwartz
- 2019: Matthew Boling
- 2020: Nico Young
- 2021: Hobbs Kessler
- 2022: Cade Flatt
- 2023: Max Clark
- 1986: Yolanda Johnson
- 1987: Janeene Vickers
- 1988: Chryste Gaines
- 1989: Angela Burnham
- 1990: Melissa Weis
- 1991: Marion Jones
- 1992: Marion Jones
- 1993: Marion Jones
- 1994: Suzy Powell
- 1995: Joanna Hayes
- 1996: Kim Mortensen
- 1997: Kinshasa Davis
- 1998: Angela Williams
- 1999: Stacy Martin
- 2000: Monique Henderson
- 2001: Ychlindria Spears
- 2002: Sanya Richards
- 2003: Allyson Felix
- 2004: Shalonda Solomon
- 2005: Brittany Daniels
- 2006: Bianca Knight
- 2007: Emily Pendleton
- 2008: Chanelle Price
- 2009: Anna Jelmini
- 2010: Ashton Purvis
- 2011: Amy Weissenbach
- 2012: Shelbi Vaughan
- 2013: Kendell Williams
- 2014: Raven Saunders
- 2015: Candace Hill
- 2016: Sydney McLaughlin
- 2017: Sydney McLaughlin
- 2018: Katelyn Tuohy
- 2019: Jasmine Moore
- 2020: Taylor Ewert
- 2021: Sydney Thorvaldson
- 2022: Juliette Whittaker
- 2023: Ava Brown
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