Trumaine Jefferson

Trumaine Jefferson
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	April 21, 1995 (age 29); Killeen, TX
Home town	Houston, TX
Education	University of Houston
Occupation	American Long Jumper
Years active	2013 - present
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long jump
College team	Houston Cougars
Turned pro	2019
Coached by	Carl Lewis
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Long Jump: 8.18m (Austin, TX, 2019), 400 m: 46.43 (Houston, TX, 2017)

Trumaine Jefferson (born April 21, 1995)^[1]^[2] is an American long jumper. Jefferson graduated from Oak Ridge High School (Montgomery County, Texas) in 2014, where he competed in various outdoor track and field events. During his college career at the University of Houston, Jefferson achieved his Long Jump personal best of 8.18m at the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In 2019, he also competed in the men's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.^[2] He did not qualify to compete in the final.^[2] Jefferson went on to compete in the men's long jump event at the 2019 Padova International Meeting held in Padova, Italy where he came off on top as 1st.

Jefferson started off 2021 with a season's best of 8.00m at the Miramar Invitational held at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida. Trumaine Jefferson is qualified and will be competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team at the United States Olympic Trials (track and field) in June 2021.

References

^ "Trumaine Jefferson". World Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Men's long jump – Qualification" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.