Suzy Powell-Roos

{{Short description|American discus thrower (born 1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Suzy Powell-Roos

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| full_name = Suzanne Powell-Roos

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 3, 1976}}

| birth_place = Modesto, California, U.S.

| height = {{cvt|183|cm|ftin|order=flip}}

| weight = {{cvt|79|kg|lb|order=flip}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Discus throw, javelin throw

| club = Asics

| pb = DT – 69.44 m (2002)
JT – 54.62 m (1997)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2163&Gender=W Suzanne Powell (née Roos)]. trackfield.brinkster.net

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Suzanne "Suzy" Powell-Roos (born September 3, 1976) is an American discus thrower. She competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics with the best result of 15th place in 2000.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/suzy-powell-roos-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/suzy-powell-roos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Suzy Powell-Roos}}Richard S. Hymans [http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf The History of the U.S. Olympic Trials Track & Field]. usatf.org

She holds the American record at 222 ft 0 in (67.67 m), which she set on March 14, 2007 in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii at the "Big Wind" Discus Challenge.[http://www.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=outdoor%20track%20%26%20field&age=open&sport=TF Statistics – Records]. USATF. Retrieved on September 27, 2015.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bqqcsu8CH0 Suzy Powell American record]. youtube.com She set the world's best year performance in 2002, with a throw of 69.44 meters at the University of California, San Diego on April 27, 2002,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PDoL0OzqSk suzy powell discus throw AR 69.44m]. youtube.com the best throw in the world since 1999. That throw was not ratified as the American record due to technical issues with the throwing sector.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100308032225/http://trackfield.teamusa.org/athletes/suzy-powell-roos USA Track and Field – Features, Events, Results | Team USA]. Trackfield.teamusa.org. Retrieved on September 27, 2015.

While in high school at Thomas Downey High School in 1994 she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120121442/http://trackandfieldnews.com/archive/HSAOYs.pdf Track and Field News High School AOY]. trackandfieldnews.com after setting the National High School Record in the discus at 214' 0" As a sophomore, she was on the American team at the IAAF World Junior Championships, finishing tenth. Two years later she took home a bronze medal from the same event.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120405155009/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/050102aaa.html UCLA Alum Suzy Powell Named USA T&F Athlete Of The Week]. uclabruins.com. May 1, 2002 She was the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships gold medalist. She later attended UCLA. She won the 1996 and 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (1996 while winning the United States Olympic Trials (track and field).[https://web.archive.org/web/20130511190545/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/wDT.asp USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions]. usatf.org She was the runner up six times.