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September 25, 2009

Hoke County High School

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Kathy McMillan

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Full name: Kathy Laverne McMillan (-Ray)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Weight: 126 lbs (57 kg)
Born: November 7, 1957 in Raeford, North Carolina, United States
Affiliations: Tennessee State University
Country: USA United States
Sport: Athletics

Medals: 1 Silver (1 Total)

Biography

As an 18-year-old recent graduate of Hoke County High School in North Carolina, Kathy McMillan set a new U.S. record of 22-3 (6.78) in winning the 1976 AAU long jump. At the Montréal Olympics she had a marginal foul of 22-4½ (6.82), that would have won the gold, but McMillan had to settle for second place, that matched Willye White's performance of 20 years earlier as the best ever by a U.S. woman in the Olympic long jump. After the Games, McMillan enrolled at Tennessee State and placed second in the AAU in 1977 and 1978. In 1979 she won the AAU and was the Pan-American Games champion. In 1980 she placed second in the "Olympic Trials," but was denied a trip to Moscow by the Carter Boycott.

Personal Bests: 200 - 24.6 (1975); LJ - 22-3 (6.78) (1976); JT - 137-11 (42.04) (1979).

Results

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE

Games	Age	City	Sport	Event	Team	NOC	Rank	Medal
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	Women's Long Jump	United States	USA	2	Silver

Women's Long Jump

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Event History ▪ Mouseover for column descriptions

Games	Age	City	Sport	Country	Phase	Unit	Rank	D	BMD
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round		2		6.66
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round	Round One	NP		foul
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round	Round Two	7		6.31	6.31
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round	Round Three	6		6.43	6.43
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round	Round Four	6		6.47	6.47
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round	Round Five	2		6.66	6.66
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Final Round	Round Six	NP		foul
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Qualifying Round		10	QC	6.25
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Qualifying Round	Group A	6		6.25
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Qualifying Round	Group A Round One	NP		foul
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Qualifying Round	Group A Round Two	6		6.21	6.21
1976 Summer	18	Montréal	Athletics	United States	Qualifying Round	Group A Round Three	NP		6.25

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