Sandi Morris at the 2016 World Indoor Championships
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Downers Grove, Illinois |
July 8, 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Fayetteville, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | https://www.athletebiz.us/sandi-morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team |
University of Arkansas Razorbacks, University of North Carolina Tar Heels |
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Team | Nike, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Bryan Compton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 5.00 m (16 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sandi Morris (born July 8, 1992) is an outdoor pole vault American record holder. She won the silver medal in the pole vault event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She competed in the pole vault event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. Morris has a personal best vault of 4.95 m (16 ft 3 in) indoor, set on March 12, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. July 23, 2016, Morris cleared 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) at American Track League in Houston at Rice University breaking Jennifer Suhr's American outdoor record in the pole vault. Morris cleared 5.00 m (16 ft 5 in) at 2016 IAAF Diamond League Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on September 9, 2016 to set the U.S. women's outdoor pole vault record.
Morris won 2009 and 2010 South Carolina High School League 3A state pole vault titles.Morris is a graduate of Greenville High School where she was a record-setting pole vaulter and all-state volleyball player.