Name Trevell Quinley | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Long Jumper Hopes To Land In Beijing
Trevell Quinley (born January 16, 1983 in Santa Clara, California) is an American long jumper and competitor in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He won the bronze medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 World Championships he reached the final, but registered three invalid jumps there and ended up without a result.
His June 2007 performance in Indianapolis included a jump of 8.22 meters, his personal best until the 2008 Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. There, he jumped 8.36 meters (27 feet, 5.25 inches) in his third jump, setting a new lifetime personal best. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
Quinley attended Merrill F. West High School in Tracy, California and won the California State Long Jump Championships in 2001.