Hollis Conway

Hollis Conway ( born January 8, 1967 in Chicago ) is a retired American high jumper. He is next to Dwight Stones the only American to have won two Olympic medals in the high jump.

Life

He grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana and completed during his career studying at the University of Southwestern Louisiana from.

In 1986 he finished second behind the Cuban Javier Sotomayor at the Junior World Championships in Athens. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul he won with 2.36 m silver behind Hennadij Awdjejenko from the Soviet Union with 2.38 m. In 1989, he improved the U.S. record in the high jump at 2.39 meters.

At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1991 in Seville he jumped 2.40m and won ahead of Poland's Artur Partyka with 2.37 m. At the Pan American Games in Havana in 1991, he won with 2.32 m bronze behind Javier Sotomayor and behind Troy Kemp from the Bahamas. The IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, the American Charles Austin won with 2.38 m, followed by three jumpers, each 2.36 m. Sotomayor won silver, bronze Conway and Briton Dalton Grant was fourth.

Ahead of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona some Springer good form had shown. In Barcelona overcame five jumpers in the final height of 2.34 m, 2.37 m, all attempts failed. Sotomayor was after the experiment More generally Olympic champion ahead of Sweden's Patrik Sjöberg. Partyka, Conway and the Australian Tim Forsyth won the same number of failures each bronze.

At the World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993 Conway finished with 2.24m eighth. In the summer at the World Championships in Stuttgart, he was sixth with 2.34 m. In 1994, he won his fifth U.S. title in the high jump.

In the years that he was usually plagued by injuries. In 2000, he finished his career.

Hollis Conway is 1,83 m tall and weighed 68 kg in his playing days.

Personal best

  • High jump: 2,39 m, July 30, 1989, Norman Hall: 2.40m, March 10, 1991, Seville
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