Joni Huntley

American high jumper

Joni Huntley

Huntley in 1975

Personal information
Full name| Joni Luann Huntley
Born| August 4, 1956 (1956-08-04) (age 66)
McMinnville, Oregon, U.S.
Height| 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight| 61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event(s)| High jump
College team| Long Beach State Beach
Club| Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 1.97 m (1984)[1][2]

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
|  1984 Los Angeles | High jump
|  1976 Montréal | High jump
Pan American Games
|  1975 Mexico City | High jump
|  1983 Caracas | High jump

Joni Luann Huntley (born August 4, 1956) is an American high jumper. She competed at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1984, placing fifth in 1976. At the Pan American Games she won a gold medal in 1975 and a bronze in 1983. She was ranked as third-best high jumper in the world in 1975. Domestically she won the national title in 1974–77 and set four American records in 1974–75.[1]

## Prep[edit]

Huntley was born in McMinnville, Oregon, and raised in Sheridan, Oregon, where she attended Sheridan High School. While there she was the first high school girl over 6 feet, setting the NFHS national high school record.[3]

## College[edit]

Huntley is a graduate of Oregon State University graduate school and Long Beach State undergraduate.[4] Huntley set an OSU high jump record of 6 feet 2 3/4 inches, which still stands.[5] Huntley graduated from Long Beach State in California to work with 1988 Summer Olympics assistant coach[6][7] Dave Rodda.[8]

## Professional[edit]

Huntley served as an assistant track and field coach at Oregon State Beavers starting in 1981 when she started her masters of education program at Oregon State University College of Education.[9]

Huntley spent her professional career as a kindergarten teacher in the Portland Public Schools and as a coach, including leading workshops for young athletes and coaching for the Portland Track Club.

## Personal[edit]

Huntley is a retired teacher at Forest Park Elementary and she lives in the in Portland Metro area and has two daughters.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joni Huntley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
2. ^ "Joni Huntley". trackfield.brinkster.net.
3. ^ National High School Record Book Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ 1991 Long Beach State Hall of Fame Induction Joni Huntley California State University, Long Beach
5. ^ 2021 Oregon State Beavers Track and Field Record Books Oregon State Beavers
6. ^ 2006 Long Beach State Hall of Fame Induction of DAVE RODDA Long Beach State Beach
7. ^ Dave Rodda obituary
8. ^ Huntley raised the bar Portland Tribune Kerry Eggers
9. ^ Family now Huntley's top concernThe Gazette Times. 7 July 2003

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Joni Huntley at Wikimedia Commons
* Joni Huntley at World Athletics
* Joni Huntley at the International Olympic Committee
* Short profile at LongBeachState.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2007)
* Joni Huntley (1956–) By Christine Chute Oregon Encyclopedia

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Deanne Wilson

|  USA National High Jump Champion
1974–1977  | Succeeded by

Louise Ritter

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Pan American Champions in women's high jump

* 1951:  Jacinta Sandiford (ECU)
* 1955:  Mildred McDaniel (USA)
* 1959:  Ann Marie Flynn (USA)
* 1963:  Eleanor Montgomery (USA)
* 1967:  Eleanor Montgomery (USA)
* 1971:  Debbie Brill (CAN)
* 1975:  Joni Huntley (USA)
* 1979:  Louise Ritter (USA)
* 1983:  Coleen Sommer (USA)
* 1987:  Coleen Sommer (USA)
* 1991:  Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
* 1995:  Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
* 1999:  Solange Witteveen (ARG)
* 2003:  Juana Arrendel (DOM)
* 2007:  Romary Rifka (MEX)
* 2011:  Lesyani Mayor (CUB)
* 2015:  Levern Spencer (LCA)
* 2019:  Levern Spencer (LCA)

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US National Championship winners in women's high jump

1923–1979
Amateur Athletic Union|

* 1923: Catherine Wright
* 1924: Not held
* 1925: Elizabeth Stine
* 1926–27: Catherine McGuire
* 1928: Mildred Wiley
* 1929–31: Jean Shiley
* 1932: Jean Shiley & Babe Didrikson
* 1933: Alice Arden
* 1934: Not held
* 1935: Barbara Howe
* 1936: Annette Rogers
* 1937–38: Margaret Bergmann
* 1939–48: Alice Coachman
* 1949: Gertrude Orr
* 1950: Dorothy Chisholm
* 1951–52: Marion Boos
* 1953: Mildred McDaniel
* 1954: Jeanette Cantrell
* 1955–56: Mildred McDaniel
* 1957: Verneda Thomas & Hazel Ulmer
* 1958: Rose Robinson & Barbara Brown
* 1959–61: Lis Josefson
* 1962: Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN)
* 1963–67: Eleanor Montgomery
* 1968: Theresa Thresher
* 1969: Eleanor Montgomery
* 1970: Sally Plihal
* 1971: Linda Iddings
* 1972: Audrey Reid
* 1973: DeAnne Wilson
* 1974–77: Joni Huntley
* 1978: Louise Ritter
* 1979: Debbie Brill (CAN)

1980–1992
The Athletics Congress|

* 1980: Coleen Sommer
* 1981: Pam Spencer
* 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN)
* 1983: Louise Ritter
* 1984: Pam Spencer
* 1985–86: Louise Ritter
* 1987: Coleen Sommer
* 1988–89: Jan Wohlschlag
* 1990–91: Yolanda Henry
* 1992: Tanya Hughes

1993–present
USA Track & Field|

* 1993: Tanya Hughes
* 1994: Angie Bradburn
* 1995: Amy Acuff
* 1996: Tisha Waller
* 1997: Amy Acuff
* 1998–99: Tisha Waller
* 2000: Karol Damon
* 2001: Amy Acuff
* 2002: Tisha Waller
* 2003: Amy Acuff
* 2004: Tisha Waller
* 2005: Amy Acuff
* 2006: Chaunté Howard
* 2007: Amy Acuff
* 2008–09: Chaunté Howard
* 2010: Chaunté Lowe
* 2011: Brigetta Barrett
* 2012: Chaunté Lowe
* 2013: Brigetta Barrett
* 2014–16: Chaunté Lowe
* 2017–19: Vashti Cunningham
* 20212020 OT-22: Vashti Cunningham

Notes|

* OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.

* 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1976 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification|

* 1976 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes|

* Garry Bjorklund
* Benny Brown (r)
* Doug Brown
* Dick Buerkle
* Matt Centrowitz
* Willie Davenport
* Mike Durkin
* Mark Enyeart
* Dwayne Evans
* Charles Foster
* Herman Frazier
* Paul Geis
* Harvey Glance
* Millard Hampton
* Johnny "Lam" Jones
* Don Kardong
* Ron Laird
* Mark Lutz
* Duncan MacDonald
* Henry Marsh
* Ed Mendoza
* Edwin Moses
* Fred Newhouse
* James Owens
* Maxie Parks
* Steve Riddick
* James Robinson
* Mike Roche
* Bill Rodgers
* Todd Scully
* Mike Shine
* Frank Shorter
* Craig Virgin
* Larry Walker
* Quentin Wheeler
* Rick Wohlhuter

Men's field athletes|

* James Barrineau
* Earl Bell
* James Butts
* Sam Colson
* Fred Dixon
* Rayfield Dupree
* Al Feuerbach
* Richard George
* Anthony Hall
* Larry Hart
* Tommy Haynes
* Bill Jankunis
* Bruce Jenner
* Larry Myricks
* Terry Porter
* John Powell
* Dave Roberts
* Arnie Robinson
* Fred Samara
* Pete Shmock
* Jay Silvester
* Dwight Stones
* Mac Wilkins
* Randy Williams
* George Woods

Women's track athletes|

* Debra Armstrong
* Evelyn Ashford
* Rhonda Brady
* Rosalyn Bryant
* Chandra Cheeseborough
* Pat Donnelly
* Sheila Ingram
* Madeline Manning Jackson
* Pam Jiles (r)
* Wendy Knudson
* Francie Larrieu
* Jan Merrill
* Brenda Morehead
* Deby LaPlante
* Cyndy Poor
* Debra Sapenter
* Martha Watson (r)
* Kathy Weston

Women's field athletes|

* Sherry Calvert
* Gale Fitzgerald
* Jane Frederick
* Paula Girven
* Joni Huntley
* Marilyn King
* Kathy McMillan
* Kate Schmidt
* Maren Seidler
* Karin Smith
* Pam Spencer
* Sherron Walker
* Martha Watson
* Lynne Winbigler

Coaches|

* LeRoy Walker (men's head coach)
* Sam Bell (men's assistant coach)
* Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach)
* Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach)
* Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach)
* Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach)
* Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach)
* C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach)
* Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)
* Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)

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1984 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification|

1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes|

* Ray Armstead
* Alonzo Babers
* Kirk Baptiste
* Ron Brown
* Tonie Campbell
* Don Clary
* Paul Cummings
* Brian Diemer
* Marco Evoniuk
* Greg Foster
* Sam Graddy
* Johnny Gray
* John Gregorek
* Danny Harris
* Tranel Hawkins
* Jim Heiring
* Thomas Jefferson
* Earl Jones
* Roger Kingdom
* Steve Lacy
* Carl Lewis
* Henry Marsh
* John Marshall
* Antonio McKay
* Walter McCoy
* Edwin Moses
* Sunder Nix
* Daniel O'Connor
* Vince O'Sullivan
* Doug Padilla
* Pete Pfitzinger
* Pat Porter
* Alberto Salazar
* Carl Schueler
* Steve Scott
* Calvin Smith
* Willie Smith
* Jim Spivey
* John Tuttle
* Craig Virgin

Men's field athletes|

* Duncan Atwood
* Willie Banks
* Earl Bell
* Tim Bright
* Ed Burke
* Art Burns
* Michael Carter
* Mike Conley Sr.
* John Crist
* Milton Goode
* Bill Green
* Al Joyner
* Dave Laut
* Carl Lewis
* Jud Logan
* Doug Lytle
* Mike McRae
* Larry Myricks
* Doug Nordquist
* Tom Petranoff
* John Powell
* Steve Roller
* Dwight Stones
* Mike Tully
* Mac Wilkins
* Augie Wolf
* Jim Wooding

Women's track
and road athletes|

* Evelyn Ashford
* Sharrieffa Barksdale
* Joan Benoit
* Jeanette Bolden
* Cindy Bremser
* Valerie Brisco-Hooks
* Alice Brown
* Judi Brown
* Julie Brown
* Robin Campbell
* Chandra Cheeseborough
* Mary Decker
* Diane Dixon
* Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
* Kim Gallagher
* Randy Givens
* Florence Griffith Joyner
* Joan Hansen
* Denean Howard
* Sherri Howard
* Julie Isphording
* Missy Kane
* Lillie Leatherwood
* Pam Page
* Diana Richburg
* Kim Turner
* Angela Wright-Scott
* Ruth Wysocki

Women's field athletes|

* Jodi Anderson
* Carol Cady
* Laura De Snoo
* Leslie Deniz
* Cindy Greiner
* Lorna Griffin
* Joni Huntley
* Jackie Joyner
* Carol Lewis
* Ramona Pagel
* Louise Ritter
* Karin Smith
* Pam Spencer
* Lynda Sutfin
* Cathy Sulinski
* Angela Thacker

Coaches|

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