Underdog Jesse Williams: The Olympic High-Jumper That Could

At last year’s world championships in Daegu, South Korea, high jumper Jesse Williams leaped a whopping seven feet, eight and a half inches—nearly a foot and a half over his own head—and became the first American to win the event in 20 years. http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/07/jesse-williams-2012-olympic-high-jumper