Doug Nordquist

Douglas Nordquist (born December 20, 1958, in San Gabriel, California) is a retired male high jumper from the United States, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he ended up in fifth place with a jump of 2.29 metres.[2] He was TAC high jump champion in 1986 and 1988,[3] and placed second at the 1984 Olympic Trials behind distant cousin Dwight Stones.[4] He competed for Sonora High School, finishing a three-way tie for third place at the 1977 CIF California State Meet,[5] Fullerton Community College,[6] Washington State University where he was coached by 1968 Olympian[7] Rick Sloan and Tiger International. He was a practitioner of Washington State's specialized weight training for high jumpers[8] He set his personal record of 2.36m while finishing second at the TAC National Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California on June 15, 1990. That jump currently ranks Nordquist tied as the 25th best performer in history.[9] For his athletic achievements, Nordquist was inducted into the Washington State University Hall of Fame in 2015[10] and was an inaugural inductee to the Fullerton College Track and Field Wall of Fame in 2019. [11]

Doug Nordquist
Personal information
Born (1958-12-20) December 20, 1958
San Gabriel, California, United States[1]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
ClubTiger International
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the  United States
Goodwill Games
1986 MoscowHigh jump
1990 SeattleHigh jump

Doug Nordquist was a highly decorated director for the California High School Entertainment Unit,[12] winning first place awards with the band. Nordquist retired from teaching at the end of the 2019–2020 school year and was honored as the Whittier Teacher of the Year, an award previously given to his father in 1986.[13]

His personal bests in the event are 2.36 metres outdoors (Norwalk 1990) and 2.31 metres indoors (Genk 1987).[14]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing the  United States
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 5th 2.29 m
1986 Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union 1st 2.34 m
1990 Goodwill Games Seattle, United States 2nd 2.30 m

References
  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. https://olympics.com/en/athletes/douglas-nordquist
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2010-06-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2010-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2010-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Rick Sloan at Sports Reference
  8. Foran, Bill (April 1985). "Track and Field: Washington State University Weight training for the high jump". Strength & Conditioning Journal. 7 (2): 48–49. doi:10.1519/0744-0049(1985)007<0048:WSUWTF>2.3.CO;2.
  9. "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
  10. "Athletics Hall of Fame | Patterson Wall of Honor | Washington State University".
  11. "Track & Field: Hornet Olympians Honored". 15 February 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2010-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "ALL GOOD NEWS: Longtime Whittier band director named Teacher of the Year". 12 June 2020.
  14. All-Athletics profile


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