Dr Sheila Ann Hudson was born on June 30,1967 and is an American former track and field athlete and Olympian, ranked among the all-time greatest US competitors in the women's triple jump.
25 Facts About Sheila Hudson
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Sheila Hudson was a pioneer and advocate in the fight to make the triple jump an Olympic event for women.
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Sheila Hudson represented the United States and placed 10th in the inaugural Olympic women's triple jump competition in the 1996 Atlanta Games.
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Sheila Hudson has worked as a staff writer for the Sacramento Bee, and as a collegiate coach and athletics administrator.
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Sheila Hudson is active in championing women's rights and empowering women and girls in sports.
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Sheila Hudson is a member of Women Leaders in College Sports and the American Association of University Women.
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Sheila Hudson was the Knights' starting point guard and played on the varsity basketball team all four years during high school.
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Sheila Hudson captured the 1985 CIF California State Meet title in the triple jump during her senior year and accepted a full track scholarship to attend UC Berkeley.
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Sheila Hudson attended college at the University of California at Berkeley, where she earned a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1990.
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Sheila Hudson was recruited by Stanford University, but chose Cal because of its reputation for liberal ideas and social and political activism.
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Sheila Hudson competed for the Cal track and field team from 1986 to 1990.
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Sheila Hudson holds school records in the triple jump and long jump.
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Sheila Hudson was voted Cal's Pac-10 Athlete of the Decade for track and field.
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Sheila Hudson spent many years as one of the primary athletes advocating for the inclusion of the women's triple jump in the Olympics.
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Sheila Hudson placed 10th for the United States in the inaugural women's triple jump competition in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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In US Championship competition, Sheila Hudson is a four-time USA Outdoor triple jump champion and a five-time USA Indoor triple jump champion.
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Sheila Hudson held the Indoor American triple jump record for twenty-three years, relinquishing the record in 2017.
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Sheila Hudson set and broke her own Outdoor American triple jump record numerous times between 1987 and 1995, holding the Outdoor American record for seventeen years until it was broken in 2004.
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Internationally, Sheila Hudson won the silver medal at the 1994 IAAF World Cup, won the bronze medal at the 1993 Goodwill Games, finished eighth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships, tenth at the 1996 Olympic Games and fifth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.
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At the close of her professional track and field career, Sheila Hudson began working in her hometown for the Sacramento Bee newspaper, beginning with an Olympic hopeful diary.
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Sheila Hudson's tutelage contributed to the following achievements among Cal State LA's jumpers:.
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In 2008, while at Cal State LA, Sheila Hudson fully transitioned from collegiate coaching to athletics administration.
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Sheila Hudson served as Cal State LA's Compliance Coordinator and Senior Woman Administrator for two years before being promoted to Associate Athletics Director in 2008.
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Sheila Hudson earned a promotion to Senior Associate Director of Athletics in January 2016 and concurrently served as a campus Deputy Title IX Coordinator.
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Sheila Hudson was the first in her family's history to attend a university.