Grace Upshaw
{{short description|American track and field athlete}}
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1975|09|25}}
|birth_place=Berkeley, California
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Long Jump
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Grace Upshaw Tyler (born September 25, 1975) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She represented the United States in her specialty at the Summer Olympics in both 2004 and 2008. She has also reached the long jump final at the World Championships in Athletics on two occasions (2003 and 2005). She was the bronze medallist in the long jump at the IAAF World Athletics Final in those years.
Grace Tyler's personal best jump is {{convert|6.88|m|ft}}, achieved in July 2008 in Eugene, with which she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/up/grace-upshaw-1.html Grace Upshaw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114142908/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/up/grace-upshaw-1.html |date=2012-11-14 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-01-31.
Grace Upshaw attended the University of California and while competing for the California Golden Bears she was the runner-up at the Pac-10 championships.[http://www.calbears.com/sports/c-otrack/mtt/upshaw_grace00.html Grace Upshaw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022011651/http://www.calbears.com/sports/c-otrack/mtt/upshaw_grace00.html |date=2011-10-22 }}. Calbears. Retrieved on 2012-01-31.
Her father, Monte Upshaw, broke the US scholastic long jump record held by Jesse Owens.[http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2009/Upshaw_Grace.asp Grace Upshaw]. USATF (2009). Retrieved on 2012-01-31. Her older sister Joy Upshaw was elected into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame{{Cite web|url=http://legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/Masters/index.asp|title=USATF – Masters Hall of Fame|website=legacy.usatf.org}} and holds several American masters records.
Achievements
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rowspan=2|2003
| 8th | |
World Athletics Final
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd | |
rowspan=2|2004
| 10th | |
World Athletics Final
| 6th | |
rowspan=2|2005
| 7th | |
World Athletics Final
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd | |
rowspan=2|2006
|IAAF World Indoor Championships |10th | |
World Athletics Final
| 6th | |
2008
| 8th | |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's long jump}}
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Category:American female long jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:California Golden Bears women's track and field athletes
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Berkeley, California
Category:Track and field athletes from California
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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