Grace Upshaw

Grace Upshaw Tyler (born September 25, 1975) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She represented the United States in her specialty at the Summer Olympics in both 2004 and 2008. She has also reached the long jump final at the World Championships in Athletics on two occasions (2003 and 2005). She was the bronze medallist in the long jump at the IAAF World Athletics Final in those years.

Grace Upshaw

Personal information
Born	(1975-09-25) September 25, 1975 (age 49) Berkeley, California
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long Jump

Grace Tyler's personal best jump is 6.88 metres (22.6 ft), achieved in July 2008 in Eugene, with which she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1]

Grace Upshaw attended the University of California and while competing for the California Golden Bears she was the runner-up at the Pac-10 championships.^[2]

Her father, Monte Upshaw, broke the US scholastic long jump record held by Jesse Owens.^[3] Her older sister Joy Upshaw was elected into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame^[4] and holds several American masters records.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2006	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	6th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	8th

References

1. Grace Upshaw Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-01-31.
2. Grace Upshaw Archived 2011-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. Calbears. Retrieved on 2012-01-31.
3. Grace Upshaw. USATF (2009). Retrieved on 2012-01-31.
4. "USATF – Masters Hall of Fame". legacy.usatf.org.

External links

• Grace Upshaw at World Athletics