Tallinn EST 25 August

Jamie Nieto USA/Sacramento CC placed fourth in the high jump at 2.19m 7-2 1/4.

High jump
1 Sylwester Bednarek POL 28.4.89
2.26



2 Andra Manson USA 30.4.84
2.23



3 Andrey Tereshin RUS 15.12.82
2.23



4 Jamie Nieto USA/Sacramento CC 2.11.76
2.19 7-2 1/4


5 Keith Moffatt USA 20.6.84
2.19



6 Oskari Frösén FIN 24.1.76
2.19



7 Jussi Viita FIN 26.9.85
2.10



8 Normunds Pupols LAT 10.5.84
2.10



9 Stijn Stroobants BEL 15.4.84
2.05



10 Mikael Rajala FIN 12.3.87
2.05



10 Karl Lumi EST 4.4.85
2.05



12 Bohdan Bondarenko UKR 30.8.89
2.05



Indrek Kalvet EST 4.4.89
NH

Jamie Nieto United States 2 November 76 - 193 cm - 79 kg Place of birth: Sacramento CA - - Club/team: Nike

Age: 32 years 301 days

JAMIE NIETO
Event: High Jump
Height: 6-4.25
Weight: 185
PR: 2.34m/7-8 (2004)
Born: Nov. 2, 1976, in Seattle, Wa.
Current Residence: Chula Vista, Calif.
High School: Valley HS (Sacramento, Calif.) '94
College: Sacramento City College '96; Eastern Michigan University '99
Coach: Cliff Rovelto
Agent: Paul Doyle
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials runner-up; 2004 Olympic Trials champion; 4th at 2004 Olympic Games; 2007 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2004 USA Indoor champion; 2003 USA Outdoor champion; 2001 USA Indoor runner-up; 3-time NCAA All-American; 2003 Pan Am Games silver medalist

Nieto had a strong season in 2008 highlighted by his runner-up finish at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. However, Nieto did not qualify for a spot on the Team USA roster for Beijing because he did not clear the Olympic "A" qualifying standard of 2.30m/7-6.50 during the designated time frame prior to, or during the Trials. Nieto’s best clearance in 2008 of 2.30m/7-6.50 happened on July 12 following the Olympic Trials. It was his best performance since clearing that identical height in 2005. Nieto enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2003 with his win at the U.S. Outdoor Championships. He’s only gotten better, winning the 2004 Olympic Trials and taking fourth at the Olympic Games in Athens, with a personal best clearance of 2.34m/7-8. Ranked among the top 10 U.S. jumpers since 1998, Nieto had never been ranked higher than 4th – or finished higher than 4th at the USA Outdoor Championships – before winning the 2003 national title, his first national crown on any level. In 2003, he equaled his then personal best of 2.30m/7-6.5 on three occasions – at the USA Championships, in Madrid and at Eberstadt, Germany…also in 2003 Nieto posted six of the top eight clearances by an American that season…Nieto had found success on the college level, three times earning All-America honors, but his brightest days are ahead of him … moved to Chula Vista to live at the Olympic Training Center … Nieto is coached by Cliff Rovelto of Kansas State, and he also works with Joe Radan, whom he calls his “mentor” … earned an Associates of Arts degree, bachelors of Business Administration.

2008: 2nd at Olympic Trials (2.27m/7-05.25)...6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2.20m/7-2.5)…3rd at USA Indoors (2.25m/7-4.50)…1st at Cork (2.30m/7-6.50…1st at Claremont (2.26m/7-5)…ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 2.30m/7-6.50.
2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (2.24m/7-4.25)... 8th in Group B qualifying at World Outdoors (2.26m/7-5)...3rd at USA Indoors (2.23m/7-3.75)...1st at Nebraska Invitational (2.26m/7-5)...1st at Lignano (2.27m/7-5.25)...3rd at Rethimno (2.24m/7-4.25)...Tied for 7th at Pan Am Games (2.21m/7-3)...ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 2.24m/7-4.25.
2006: 4th at USA Indoors (2.22m/7-3.25)...6th at USA Outdoors (2.19m/7-2.25)...2nd at Mt. SAC (2.27m/7-5.25)...8th at DN Galan (2.24m)...ranked #7 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 2.27m/7-5.25.
2005: 5th at USA Outdoor Champs (2.22m/7-3.25)...USA Indoor runner-up (2.24m/7-4.25)...6th at Rome (2.30m/7-6.50)...ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 2.30m/7-6.5.
2004: 1st at Olympic Trials (2.33m/7-7.5)…4th at Olympic Games (2.34m/7-8PR)…USA Indoors champion (2.30m/7-6.5)…9th at World Indoors (2.20m/7-2.5)…1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2.30m/7-6.50)…1st at Weinheim, GER (2.32m/7-7.25)…1st at Sea Ray Relays (2.26m/7-5)… 1st at Adidas Oregon (2.27m/7-5.25)…ranked #4 in world (#1 U.S.)…best of 2.34m/7-8PR.
2003: 1st at USA Outdoors (2.30m/7-6.5)… 7th at World Outdoors (2.29m/7-6)…4th at USA Indoors (2.27m/7-5.25)…Pan Am Games silver medalist (2.28/7-5.75)…3rd at Madrid Super GP (2.30m/7-6.5)…1st at Karlstad, SWE (2.27m/7-5.25)…1st at Otterberg, GER (2.21m/7-3)…1st at Harry Jerome Classic (2.27m/7-5.25)… 3rd at Eberstadt, GER (2.30m/7-6.5)…best of 2.30m/7-6.5…ranked #5 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN.
2002: 4th at USA Outdoors (2.24m/7-4)…7th at US Indoors (2.18m/7-1.75)… 2nd at Karlstad, Sweden (2.28m/7-5.75)…1st at Linz, Austria GPII (2.30m/7-6.5)…ranked 5th in US…best of 2.3m/7-6.5.
2001: 5th at USA Outdoors (2.22m/7-3.25)…U.S. Indoor runner-up (2.22m/7-3.25)…1st at Long Beach USATF Tune-Up (2.27m/7-5.25)… ranked 6th in US…best of 2.27m/7-5.25.
2000: 5th at Olympic Trials (2.22m/7-3.25)…ranked 9th in US…best of 2.23m/7-3.75.
1999: 4th at USA Outdoors 2.25m/7-4.25) … 3rd at NCAA Indoors (2.29m/7-6)…Indoor CCC champ (2.25m/7-4.5)…MAC Indoor champ (2.21m/7-3)… Sea Ray Relays champ (2.27m/7-5.25)…Mt. Sac champ (2.30m/7-6.5)… did not make final of World University Games (2.10m/6-10.75)…ranked 4th in US…best of 2.30m/7-6.5.
1998: 6th at NCAA Outdoors (2.22m/7-3.25)...7th at USA Championships (2.20m/7-2.5)...9th at NCAA Indoors (2.22m/7-3.25)...1st at CCC Indoors (2.21m/7-3)...2nd at MAC Outdoors (2.21m/7-3)...ranked 10th in US...best of 2.25m/7-4.5.
1997: Best of 2.15m/7-0.
1996: 3rd at JUCO State Champs...best of 2.14m/7-0.25.
1995: Runner-up at JUCO State Champs...best of 7-0.

6/24/09
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