Birth name Hyleas Fountain Coached by Rana Reider Weight 64 kg Sport Athletics Height 1.7 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Hyleas Fountain | |
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Born January 14, 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-01-14 ) Profiles | ||
Interview with heptathletes olympic silver mealist hyleas fountain and olympian chantae mcmillan
Hyleas Fountain (born January 14, 1981 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American heptathlete. She was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Contents
- Interview with heptathletes olympic silver mealist hyleas fountain and olympian chantae mcmillan
- Harrisburg olympian hyleas fountain giving back
- Early years
- 2005 2006
- 2008
- 2009 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- Personal bests outdoor
- References
Harrisburg olympian hyleas fountain giving back
Early years
Hyleas was a member of the 1992 Harrisburg Parks and Recreation track club under coach Horace Camero, until 1994 Greater Paxtonia Track Club under coach Darnell L Williams. Fountain attended Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she was under the coaching of Al Moten, and continued her career at Barton Community College (Kansas) under Coach Jack Bowman and then going to the University of Georgia under coach Wayne Norton. Fountain has won NCAA championships in both the heptathlon and long jump.
2005-2006
She finished 12th at the 2005 World Championships and eighth at the 2006 World Indoor Championships.
2008
In 2008, Fountain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning the U.S. Olympic Trials with a personal best score of 6667 points in the heptathlon. Fountain set personal bests in five of the seven heptathlon events at the Trials.
At the Olympics themselves, she originally finished in the bronze medal position. However, after the silver medallist Lyudmila Blonska tested positive on her drug test, Fountain was elevated to the silver medal position.
2009-2010
Fountain seemed sure to qualify for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics after gaining a significant lead in the heptathlon at the US Championships (5193 points after five events). However, she injured her neck in the high jump event and aggravated the injury after a personal best long jump, thus ruling her out of the US and World Championships.
She finished fourth in the pentathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, setting a personal record of 4753 points as well as setting indoor bests in the shot put, high jump and 800 meters. Later that year she took on reigning world champion Jessica Ennis in a three-event challenge at the Adidas Grand Prix. Although Fountain won only one of the events, she won the competition by merit of having the greatest points total.
2011
She led the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea after 2 events, but then fell away and pulled out of the final event (800 meters) without announcing why.
2012
Qualified for the 2012 London Olympics on June 30, 2012.
In the Heptathlon at the London 2012 Olympics, Hyleas was competitive up until a disappointing Long Jump, where she began to suffer from lower back pains. She continued into the Javelin but was only able to make a non-competitive performance. She did not compete in the 800 metres and while finishing with the highest incomplete score, officially registered a DNF.
Personal bests (outdoor)
Last updated 14 January 2015.