Jeremiah Davis (long jumper)
Davis at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 31, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 8.37m (Albuquerque, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Jeremiah Davis (born August 31, 2001) is an American long jumper. He won the US Olympic trials in 2024 and represented the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games and 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Early life
He attended Lehigh Senior High School and Florida State University.[2]
Career
Davis jumped a personal best 8.37m to finish third at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in New Mexico in March 2023.[3] He was a silver medalist at the NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2023.[4]
Davis was runner-up in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024.[5][6] At the same event, he finished third in the triple jump competition.[7]
Davis was runner-up in the long jump at the 2024 NCAA Division 1 Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024.[8][9]
Davis won the long jump at the 2024 United States Olympic trials with a distance of 8.20 metres.[10] He subsequently competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
Davis finished ninth at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.[12] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[13][14]
On 1 March 2026, he jumped 8.08 metres to finish runner-up behind Steffin McCarter at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[15] He was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[16]
References
- ^ "Jeremiah Davis". World Athletics. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "A leap forward: Lehigh grad Jeremiah Davis wins Olympic Trials long jump, on verge of Paris Games". News-press. June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "Collegiate records fall on first day of NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. March 11, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. July 22, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "Pinnock biding time with decision to go Pro". SportsMax. March 9, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "FSU's Jeremiah Davis takes second in long jump in NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships". Tallahassee.com. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "Davis jumps season's best 8.20m at U.S. Trials". nbcsports. June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ "Men's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. August 6, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ^ "Results - Shanghai/Suzhou Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "HILTZ FOUR-PEAT HIGHLIGHTS FINAL DAY OF USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 1, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 13, 2026. Retrieved March 13, 2026.