Tianna Bartoletta is a two-time Olympian and three-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games. She won her first gold medal by leading off the world record-setting women’s 4x100m relay team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, while also taking fourth in the women’s 100-meters in London.
Four years later at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bartoletta added two more gold medals to her collection. She set a new personal best with a mark of 7.17m/23-6 to win the women’s long jump competition and made it back-to-back Olympic titles by again leading off the women’s 4x100m Olympic champion relay team.
Bartoletta is also a two-time World Champion in the long jump, taking home the title at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, and again at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China. She also won the 2006 World Indoor Championship in the long jump in Moscow, Russia.
A native of Elyria, Ohio, Bartoletta attended Elyria High School and was a member of the 2003 USA Today All-USA High School Girls Track Team. She was named the 2003 Gatorade Ohio High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year and became the third athlete in Ohio history to grab four event wins at a state championship meet in two consecutive years.
Bartoletta attended the University of Tennessee where she won SEC Indoor and Outdoor long jump titles, along with NCAA Indoor and Outdoor long jump championships. She received both Indoor and Outdoor All-America honors.
She is ranked first all-time in Tennessee history with a mark of 6.89m/22-7 ½ in the women’s long jump.
