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Mike Powell (long jumper)
Athletics competitor, long jumper
Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, ) is an American former track and field athlete, the holder of the long jumpworld record, and a two-time world champion as well as two-time Olympic silver medalist in the event.
His world record of &#;m (29&#;ft 4+1&#;4&#;in) was set on August 30,
Biography
Background
Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Edgewood High School in West Covina, California.
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In high school, he cleared a height of 7 feet (&#;m) in the high jump at the CIF California State Meet in [2] He went to the University of California, Irvine and transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles.
Since then, he is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Athletics career
In , Powell won the long jump silver medal at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
At the World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan, on August 30, , Powell broke Bob Beam