Vernon Turner (high jumper)
{{Short description|American high jumper (born 1998)}}
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Vernon Turner (born August 21, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a high jumper. He won the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |title=Vernon Turner |access-date=March 3, 2024 |website=World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/vernon-turner-14703711}}
Early life
The son of Melonie Turner, Turner attended Yukon High School in Oklahoma. He was the youngest man to qualify for the 2024 US Olympic trials in the high jump.{{cite web |url=https://okcfox.com/amp/sports/content/meet-vernon-turner-mr-jump-man |website=okcfox.com |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=Meet Vernon Turner, "Mr. Jump Man" |first=Samantha |last=Gannon |date=April 17, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2017/04/02/raising-the-bar-how-yukons-vernon-turner-became-an-elite-high-jumper/60609113007/ |website=Oklahoman |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=Raising the bar: How Yukon's Vernon Turner became an elite high jumper |first=Scott |last=Wright |date=April 2, 2017}}
NCAA
He spent his first year at University of Oklahoma. Turner attended the University of Arkansas before later transferring back to Oklahoma.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college/oklahoma/other-sooners/ou-high-jumper-vernon-turner-still-aiming-for-tokyo-olympics |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=OU Olympics, on Hold: Sooners High Jumper Vernon Turner Staying Ready for His Chance |first=John |last=Hoover |date=May 5, 2020}} Competing for the University of Oklahoma,{{cite web |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=1632&do=videos&video_id=322496 |website=Runners Space |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=Vernon Turner 1st Place Men's High Jump – Big 12 Indoor Championships 2022 |date=February 27, 2022}} Turner won the NCAA Indoor Championships in the high jump in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2022/03/16/ou-track-field-vernon-turner-soars-ncaa-indoor-high-jump-champ/7045916001/ |website=Oklahoman |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=OU track & field: Vernon Turner wins NCAA Indoor high jump title |date=March 16, 2022}}
Professional
In July 2023, he finished third in the US national championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=49&do=videos&video_id=363400 |website=Runnerspace |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=Vernon Turner 3rd Place Men's High Jump – Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships 2023 |date=July 10, 2023}} He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-budapest-2023-7138987/news/news/usa-team-budapest-23 |website=World Athletics |access-date=March 3, 2024 |title=USA names team of 139 for WCH Budapest 23 |date=August 8, 2023}}
In February 2024, he was runner-up to Shelby McEwen at the US national indoor championships in New Mexico.{{cite web |title=USATF Indoor Championships: Days After Tying World Lead, American Athlete Once Again Makes USA Proud |date=February 16, 2024 |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-olympics-news-track-and-field-news-high-jump-news-athletics-news-usatf-indoor-championships-days-after-tying-world-lead-american-athlete-once-again-makes-usa-proud/ |website=Essentially Sports |first=Ankit |last=Singh |access-date=February 26, 2024}} In March 2024, he competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web |website=World Athletics |access-date=March 3, 2024 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/men/high-jump/final/startlist |title=Men's High Jump}}
He finished third at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai with a 2.27m clearance.{{cite web |url=https://shanghai.diamondleague.com/news/shanghai/athletes-flying-at-the-shanghai-suzhou-wanda-diamond-league-2024/ |website=Shanghai.Diamondleague |access-date=April 28, 2024 |title=ATHLETES FLYING AT THE SHANGHAI/SUZHOU WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE 2024 |date=April 27, 2024}} He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5852/men-s-high-jump-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics |access-date=August 28, 2024 |title=Men's High Jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics |date=August 10, 2024}}
the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, on February 23, 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13796931-2025-usatf-indoor-track-and-field-championship-recap-and-highlights |website=Flo Track |accessdate=February 23, 2025 |date=February 23, 2025 |first=John |last=Davern |title=2025 USATF Indoor Track And Field Championship: Recap And Highlights}} He cleared 2.20 metres to finish joint-fourth in May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6640/results-doha-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=19 May 2025|title= Results - Doha Diamond League 2025|date=16 May 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{USATF|new_id=vernon-turner}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=vernon-turner}}
- {{Olympics.com|vernon-turner}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20241007161315/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/vernon-turner_1965947 Vernon Turner] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/vernon-turner_1965947 alternate link])
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Category:American male high jumpers
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Oklahoma Sooners men's track and field athletes
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners