Brittney Reese

World Athletics Championships

• Years of Participation
  • Outdoor - 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017; 2019
  • Indoor - 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018
    • Medals: 7 (6 gold)
      • Gold - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
      • Silver - 2018
• 2019 World Outdoor Championships, Q1-eighth
• 2018 World Indoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2017 World Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2016 World Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2015 World Outdoor Championships, Q2-12th (long jump)
• 2013 World Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2012 World Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2011 World Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2010 World Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2009 World Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2007 World Outdoor Championships, eighth (long jump)

Olympic Games

• Three-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016)
• Two-time Olympic medalist (gold, silver)
  • 2016 Rio Olympic Games, silver (long jump)
  • 2012 London Olympic Games, gold (long jump)
  • 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, fourth (long jump)

Other Career Highlights

• 8x USATF outdoor national champion
• 4x USATF indoor national champion
• 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (long jump)
• 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (long jump)
• 2016 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (long jump)
• 2012 USATF Indoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2011 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2011 USATF Indoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2010 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2010 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2009 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2008 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (long jump), bronze (high jump)
• 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (long jump)
• 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2007 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (long jump)
• 2007 NCAA Indoor CHampionships, bronze (long jump)

Personal

Daughter of David Reese and Carla Young…Has two sisters, Brandy and Kimyata…Has one son, Alex…Serves as a high jumping coach at Mesa Community College…Hobbies include shopping and playing video games…For Thanksgiving Day in 2011, purchased 100 turkeys to support the local homeless population in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi…Only two women have jumped farther in American history in the long jump, including Jackie Joyner-Kersee.