Alice Falaiye
_Athletics_Long_Jump_Alice_Falaiye_of_Canada_(Gold),_during_the_medal_presentation_ceremony_(cropped).jpg) Falaiye with her long jump gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Alice Falaiye (born 24 December 1978) is a Canadian long jumper.
She has won gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1] She also competed at the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. Falaiye never appeared in the Olympics.
Her personal best jump is 6.72 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Baton Rouge.[2]
Competing for the Rice Owls track and field team, Falaiye finished 2nd at the 2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Canadian Falaiye Jumps All Over India's 'Gold'". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ USA Track & Field - Statistics - Event/Meet Records - USATF National Club Championships
- ↑ Alice Falaiye at World Athletics
- ↑ "Former Rice star leaps into gold at Pam Am Games". chron.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Alice Falaiye at World Athletics
- Alice Falaiye at Athletics Canada
- Alice Falaiye at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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