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Dwight Phillips

Basic Information

Status: Hall of Fame Gender: Male Date of Birth: 10/1/1977

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Agent: N/A

Residences

Hometown: Decatur, GA High School: Tucker High School College: Arizona State University

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5x

National champion

4x

World champion

4x

Diamond League meeting winner

2x

World Athletics Final winner

2x

Golden League meeting winner

1x

Olympic champion

1x

Diamond League Final winner

1x

World Indoor champion

1x

World Championships Bronze medallist

1x

World (Continental) Cup winner

1x

NCAA Indoor champion

1x

National Indoor champion

1x

Diamond Trophy winner

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

Filter Results

100m

EventPerformance
Event100mPerformance10.06

200m

EventPerformance
Event200mPerformance20.68

400m

EventPerformance
Event400mPerformance47.72

400m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event400m IndoorsPerformance49.49

60m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event60m IndoorsPerformance6.47

Long Jump

EventPerformance
EventLong JumpPerformance8.74

Long Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventLong Jump IndoorsPerformance8.29

Triple Jump

EventPerformance
EventTriple JumpPerformance16.41

Triple Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventTriple Jump IndoorsPerformance16.07

Six times a global gold medalist and five times ranked No. 1 in the world, Dwight Phillips (Decatur, Georgia) dominated the long jump from 2003-11. During that span he won the Olympic title at Athens in 2004 to go with four World Outdoor golds ('03, '05, '09 and '11) and one World Indoors crown ('03).
 
His five medals at the World Outdoors is the highest total in meet history in the men's long jump, as is his tally of seven finals made.
 
Phillips won six U.S. indoor and outdoor titles and had nine jumps exceeding 28-feet in his career, topped by a 28-8¼ personal best to win the Prefontaine Classic in 2009.
 
Also a talented sprinter, Phillips four times qualified for the USATF Championships indoors and outdoors, and he clocked personal bests of 6.47 for 60m in 2005 and 10.06 for 100m in 2009. He was an NCAA finalist in the long jump and triple jump for Arizona State, taking silver in the long jump indoors and outdoors in 2000.
 
Following his retirement from competition, Phillips has continued to serve the sport through coaching and advocacy. Phillips was instrumental in drawing together a plan that would provide resources and  two years of support from USATF for athletes graduating from college.
 
Additionally, his proudest moment occurred during his time as Chairman of the USATF Athlete Advisory Committee, when he and fellow athletes worked closely with CEO Max Siegel to construct the Revenue Distribution Plan that would deliver $9 million in cash to athletes over a five year span.

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