Jangy Addy

{{Short description|Liberian decathlete (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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{{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}}

{{Medal|Gold | 2011 Maputo | Decathlon}}

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Jangy McKinley Addy (born 2 March 1985) is a Liberian decathlete.

He was born in 1985 in Sacramento, California, was raised in Norcross, Georgia and attended the University of Tennessee. His parents are from Liberia and he was eligible to compete for that nation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbir.com/error/404|title=WBIR.com|website=wbir.com|access-date=2018-05-03}} He served as the flag-bearer for Liberia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 19th in the decathlon.{{cite news|last=Sonpon |first=Leroy M. |title=Liberia's Only Hope Jangy Races Today in Olympics Decathlon |url=http://www.liberianobserver.com/index.php/sports/item/2123-liberia%E2%80%99s-only-hope-jangy-races-today-in-olympics-decathlon |accessdate=12 August 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Observer|date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817031856/http://liberianobserver.com/index.php/sports/item/2123-liberia%E2%80%99s-only-hope-jangy-races-today-in-olympics-decathlon |archivedate=17 August 2012 }}

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing the {{USA}}
2004

|World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|11th

|Decathlon (junior)

|7129 pts

colspan="6"|Representing {{LBR}}
2008

|Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|19th

|Decathlon

|7665 pts

2011

|All-Africa Games

|Maputo, Mozambique

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Decathlon

|7985 pts

2012

|Summer Olympics

|London, United Kingdom

|23rd

|Decathlon

|7586 pts

References

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