Ted Hooper (athlete)

Ted Hooper
Personal information
Born (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991
Arcadia, California, United States[1]
Education University of California, Riverside
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Long jump

Ted Hooper (born 31 January 1991) is an American born, Taiwanese athlete specialising in the long jump.[2] He represented Chinese Taipei at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without recording a valid mark. He also won the silver medal at the 2015 Asian Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 8.08 metres outdoors (+0.1 m/s, Irvine 2015) and 7.83 metres indoors (Seattle 2016).

He was a qualifier to the 2009 CIF California State Meet, representing Arcadia High School, where he holds the school record, but had trouble making a legal jump in the qualifying round.[3]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Chinese Taipei
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 2nd Long jump 7.80 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 5th Long jump 7.83 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States Long jump NM

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