Toby Stevenson
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Toby "Crash" Stevenson (born November 19, 1976 in Odessa, Texas) is an Olympic class pole vaulter from the United States. He is known for being the only pole vaulter in the international elite to wear a helmet during jumps.
Biography
While attending Permian High School, Stevenson set 24 high school records, taking three district championships, and winning the state title in 1995, when he was also the top-ranked 18-year-old pole vaulter in the world. Stevenson later went on to graduate from Stanford University which is where he currently coaches pole vault and multi-event athletes.
Since the fall of 2002, Stevenson has been a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. He won the 2004 Olympic silver medal in pole vaulting, the 2003 Pan American Games gold medal, and the 2004 USA Indoor gold medal.
He is known for his emotional antics after a successful vault. He played his pole like a guitar after his silver medal vault.[1]
On Friday, January 29, 2010, he officially retired from pole vaulting at the 2010 National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, NV.
From February, 2014, he is working as Head of Activity for Hammarby Athletics in Stockholm, Sweden.
See also
References
External links
- Toby Stevenson profile at IAAF
- Profile at USA Track & Field
- Toby Stevenson Retires, Video
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- American pole vaulters
- People from Odessa, Texas
- Stanford Cardinal track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Male pole vaulters
- Track and field people from California
