1. Dwight Phillips was born on October 1,1977 and is an American former athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump.
16 Facts About Dwight Phillips
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Dwight Phillips was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event.
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Dwight Phillips is a now a track and field ambassador at SPIRE Institute and Academy.
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Dwight Phillips will be joining the others such as Elizabeth Beisel and Caeleb Dressel representing the school.
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Dwight Phillips was the best American performer in the event.
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Dwight Phillips came to prominence in 2003, when he won both the IAAF indoor and outdoor World Championships.
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The indoor championship event was a close contest, with Dwight Phillips only beating Spain's Yago Lamela by a centimeter.
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Dwight Phillips won the outdoor title with a winning margin of four centimeters over James Beckford of Jamaica.
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Dwight Phillips's success continued at the next two World Championships, taking the gold medal at the 2005 Helsinki event, and winning bronze in Osaka two years later.
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Dwight Phillips finished fourth in the long jump at the US Olympic Trials, meaning he would not compete at the Beijing Olympics and would not defend his Olympic title.
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On June 7,2009, Dwight Phillips won the long jump at the Prefontaine Classic with a personal-best third jump of 8.74 m, defeating 2008 Olympic gold medalist Irving Saladino.
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Dwight Phillips won the US Championships later that month, giving him another chance to reach the podium at the World Championships.
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At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, in Berlin, Phillips won the gold in the long jump with a jump of 8.54 m He repeated the feat in Daegu in 2011 with a leap of 8.45 m During the championships in Daegu, Phillips was assigned the bib number 1111.
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At the 2013 World Athletics Championships, in Moscow, Dwight Phillips placed 11th in the long jump with a jump of 7.88 m and announced this was his last competition and retirement.
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In 2018, Dwight Phillips was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
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In September 2020, SPIRE Institute and Academy signed Dwight Phillips to become an international track and field ambassador.