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 High Jumping by Jamie Nieto. | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jamie Earl Nieto | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 2, 1976 (age 48) Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Athlete, Actor, Writer | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1993-2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | High Jump: 2.34 (Athens 2004) | ||||||||||||||
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Jamie Earl "James" Nieto (born November 2, 1976) is an American high jumper and actor.[1][2][3]
His personal best jump is 2.34 metres (92 in), achieved at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He was the 2004 and 2012 USA Olympic Trials Champion as well as the 2003 USA Outdoor Champion with a jump of 2.30 metres (91 in).
Nieto attended Eastern Michigan University, Sacramento City College, and Valley High School.
Nieto suffered a serious injury resulting in paralysis while doing a back flip in April 2016.[4] In 2017, Nieto married Olympic hurdler Shevon Nieto, and in 2020, she sang an original song dedicated to Nieto on America's Got Talent.[5]
Nieto played baseball hall of famer Roberto Clemente in a movie named Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories.
- ^ "Jamie Nieto". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jamie Nieto". USATF.org. USA Track & Field. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Earl "Jamie" Nieto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ Lazo, Ryan (April 26, 2016). "Olympic high jumper in near-fatal fall after letting insurance lapse". New York Post.
- ^ "LI's Shevon Nieto goes from hurdling at Olympics to singing on 'America's Got Talent'". Newsday. June 29, 2020.