Chris Benard

Chris Benard

Benard at the 2014 DécaNation
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1990-04-04) April 4, 1990
Tustin, California
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Triple jump
College team Arizona State Sun Devils
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Triple jump: 17.21 m (56 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Updated on July 2016.

Chris Benard (born April 4, 1990) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. He holds a personal record of 17.21 m (56 ft 5 1⁄2 in), set in 2016. He was a finalist at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Career

Born to Fay and Thomas Benard in Tustin, California, he grew up in nearby Corona and attended Santiago High School. He gained an athletic scholarship to attended Arizona State University and competed for the Arizona State Sun Devils track team. He competed three times at NCAA level, coming 19th in his debut at the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, then taking the runner-up spot at the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. In his last appearance he placed twelfth overall at the NCAA Indoor meet.[1]

Benard made his international debut for his country at the 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics. There, he took the silver medal behind fellow American Chris Phipps.[2]

Benard earned his place among America's top triple jumpers after graduation from Arizona State. He took second place in both the long jump and triple jump at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, which included a long jump lifetime best of 8.10 m (26 ft 6 3⁄4 in) in qualifying.[3] At the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships he set another best, this time in the triple jump with a mark of 17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) – his first beyond seventeen metres. That brought him third place behind the top two at the last Olympics, Christian Taylor and Will Claye.[4] At the 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships he was again in the top three of both horizontal jumps.[5] He was short of seventeen metres at the 2015 USA Outdoor Championships and beaten into fourth place (Marquis Dendy took the final spot on the team for the 2015 World Championships in Athletics).[6]

At the start of 2016 he took third at the USA Indoor Championships.[7] This earned Benard his global debut for the United States, as he was entered into the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships and finished eleventh.[8] He repeated his same position nationally at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, achieving a personal record of 17.21 m (56 ft 5 1⁄2 in) to earn his first selection for the United States Olympic team.

Personal records

Outdoor
Indoor

All information from All Athletics[9]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2012 NACAC U23 Championships Irapuato, Mexico 2nd Triple jump 15.90 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 11th Triple jump 16.15 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16th (q) Triple jump 16.55 m

References

  1. ↑ Chris Benard. Team USA. Retrieved on 2016-07-16.
  2. ↑ 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships. Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo. Retrieved on 2012-07-09.
  3. ↑ Last Week' Men's Top 5 Performers - Event by Event. WatchAthletics (2014-04-17). Retrieved on 2016-07-16.
  4. ↑ Complete Results 2014 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/25/2014 to 6/29/2014 Hornet Stadium - Sacramento, California. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-07-05.
  5. ↑ 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Results. USA Track and Field. Retrieved on 2015-03-02.
  6. ↑ USATF Championships - 6/25/2015 to 6/28/2015 Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore. Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-07-05.
  7. ↑ Day 1 Results. USA Track & Field. Retrieved on 2016-07-16.
  8. ↑ Chris Benard. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-16.
  9. ↑ Chris Benard. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-16.
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