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Dwight Phillips
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Dwight Phillips is a male athletics competitor from the United States who specializes in long jump. Born in Decatur in 1977, he educated at Arizona State University. He represented the United States in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. His athletic career spanned from 1999 to 2013.
Phillips is also an author. His works include the Powerpuff Girls Coloring Book. He has been referenced by 468 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- ( 1977-10-01 ) October 1, 1977 (age 48) , Decatur, Georgia
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
- Weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Track and field
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Phillips
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Decatur
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 82
- Image
- Dwight Phillips Berlin 2009.JPG
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Dwight Phillips
- date of birth
- 1977-10-01
- sports discipline competed in
- long jump
- name in native language
- Dwight Phillips
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977) is an American former athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. His personal best of 8.74 meters, set in 2009, makes him the joint fifth best jumper of all time.
Phillips has also competed in the 60 and 100-meter dashes. His personal record for the 100 m is 10.06 seconds and his time of 6.47 seconds over 60 m ranks among the top twenty fastest ever.
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