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Amy Acuff Biography
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Amy Acuff
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 Acuff at the 2008 World Indoor Championships |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Amy Lyn Acuff |
| Nationality | American |
| Date of birth | July 14, 1975 |
| Place of birth | Port Arthur, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Track and field athletics |
| Event(s) | High jump |
| Club | UCLA Bruins |
| Team | USA Track & Field |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Worlds | See table |
| National finals | Outdoor: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003–2005 Indoor: 2001, 2004–2008 |
| Olympics | 2004 |
| Highest world ranking | 2nd (2001 Grand Prix) 3rd (2006 World Cup) |
| Personal best(s) | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) August 15, 2003 |
Amy Lyn Acuff (born July 14, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas) is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field. Her best Olympic performance came at the 2004 Games, where her jump of 1.99 m earned her fourth place in the final.
She established herself domestically with wins at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1995 and 1997. At the age of 22, she became the Universiade champion, edging out Monica Iagăr in the 1997 high jump final. Acuff was the winner of the 1998 Hochsprung mit Musik meeting in Arnstadt, Germany, becoming the first non-European winner in the history of the event. She went on to win at the national championships in 2001, 2003, and 2005.
Her personal best is 2.01 m, which she achieved in Zürich on August 15, 2003.
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Competition record
- National Scholastic Indoor Champion: 1991, 1992
- Pan-Am Junior Champion: 1993
- NCAA Indoor Champion: 1994, 1995, 1997
- NCAA Outdoor Champion: 1995, 1996
- U.S. Outdoor Champion: 1995–1997, 2001–2007
- U.S. Indoor Champion: 2001, 2004, 2007–2008
Modeling
Acuff is also known for her career as a model. She organized the 2000 Omni Lite Millennium Calendar of Champions, featuring nude (or semi-nude) photos of Acuff and 11 other U.S. female track and field stars, with half the proceeds going to the Florence Griffith-Joyner Foundation.
Acuff's cover appearances include:
- Esquire, “Women of Summer: Strength & Beauty: A Portfolio of America’s 10 Sexiest Athletes”
- “Men's magazines”, such as Maxim and FHM
- The 2004 Olympics were noted for the large number of female Olympians who posed nude—following in the footsteps of the 2000 Matildas and the Omni calendar. Of the 2004 examples the most visible was Acuff's appearance on the cover and within Playboy's, “The Women of the Olympics” issue.12
- Acuff appears across the top of the title for The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition.3
Personal life
Acuff graduated from Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. She attended UCLA and was inducted into the UCLA Bruins Hall of Fame in 2007.
She is distantly related to country musician Roy Acuff (her grandfather’s second cousin).4
References
- ^ O'Conner, Ian (August 13, 2004). "Posing for magazines: Athlete or sexual plaything?". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/oconnor/2004-08-13-oconnor_x.htm.
- ^ Boswell, Laura (October 13, 2004). "Olympians posing nude, poses questions". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=boswell/040823.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (May 2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1845133306. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1845133307.
- ^ Acuff-Ecoff Family Archives
External links
- Amy’s official website
- IAAF profile for Amy Acuff
- Video Interview
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Angie Bradburn |
USA National High Jump Champion 1995 |
Succeeded by Tisha Waller |
| Preceded by Tisha Waller |
USA National High Jump Champion 1997 |
Succeeded by Tisha Waller |
| Preceded by Karol Damon |
USA National High Jump Champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Tisha Waller |
| Preceded by Tisha Waller |
USA National High Jump Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Tisha Waller |
| Preceded by Tisha Waller |
USA National High Jump Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Chaunte Howard |
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