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Tynita Butts-Townsend

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 6/10/1990
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Hampton, VA
  • High School: T.C. Williams High School (Alexandria, VA)
  • College: East Carolina University

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Jeff Petersmyer
  • Agent: Joseph Codrington

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Q2-15 (high jump)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Championships, eighth (high jump)

Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Q1 - 14th (High Jump)
  • 2019 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (High Jump)
  • 2019 Toyota USATF Indoor Championships, silver (High Jump)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, eighth (High Jump)
  • 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, seventh (High Jump)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Q1 - 7th (High Jump)
  • 2016 USATF Indoor Championships, eighth (High Jump)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, fifth (High Jump)
  • 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (High Jump)
  • 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, fourth (High Jump)
  • 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships, silver (High Jump)
  • 2012 NACAC U23 Championships, gold (High Jump)
  • 2012 USATF Outdoor Championships, seventh (High Jump)
  • 2011 USATF Outdoor Championships, sixth (High Jump)

Personal

Daughter of Tyrone S. Butts and Vernita L. Carter...Has an older sister, Chyrelle Carter, an older brother, Justin Carter, and a younger brother, Juan Davila...Majored in sociology with a concentration in marriage and family...Married to Paralympian Roderick Townsend-Roberts.

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