Ted Hooper (athlete) explained

Ted Hooper
Birth Date:31 January 1991
Birth Place:Arcadia, California, United States[1]
Sport:Track and field
Event:Long jump
Education:University of California, Riverside
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Ted Hooper (born 31 January 1991) is an American born, Taiwanese athlete specialising in the long jump. He represented Chinese Taipei at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without recording a valid mark. He also won the silver medal at the 2015 Asian Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 8.08 metres outdoors (+0.1 m/s, Irvine 2015) and 7.83 metres indoors (Seattle 2016).

He was a qualifier to the 2009 CIF California State Meet, representing Arcadia High School, where he holds the school record, but had trouble making a legal jump in the qualifying round.[2]

Competition record

Representing
2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, Chinabgcolor=silver2ndLong jump7.80 m
UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea5thLong jump7.83 m
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United StatesLong jumpNM

Notes and References

  1. http://gohighlanders.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3175 College team bio
  2. Web site: State Finals - 2009.