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Ricky Robertson
Ricky Robertson (born September 19, 1990, in Hernando, Mississippi) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. Ricky made his Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics placed 17th clearing a bar , and placed 16th clearing at 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump. Ricky Robertson earned 10 NCAA Division I All-American awards and 14 Southeastern Conference all conference awards as an Ole Miss Rebel. Professional Ricky made Team USA at 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials (track and field) in the high jump clearing . Ricky made his Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics after clearing the Olympic standard at Chula Vista Olympic Training Center in June 2016. Ricky made Team USA after clearing the World Indoor standard and placing fourth at 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the high jump clearing . At 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, he placed twelfth in the high jump clearing . Ricky jumped a season be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernando, Mississippi
Hernando is a city in, and the county seat of, DeSoto County, which is on the northwestern border of Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,090 at the 2010 census, up from 6,812 in 2000. DeSoto County is the second-most-populous county in the Memphis metropolitan area, which includes counties in Tennessee and Mississippi. U.S. Route 51 and the I-55 freeway traverse the city from north to south, and the I-69 freeway crosses the city from east to west. The county courthouse is located within Hernando's historic downtown square. It is located at the intersection of Commerce Street and present-day U.S. 51. History At the time of encounters by French and Spanish colonists, the Chickasaw people had long inhabited this area. France had developed colonial settlements along the Gulf Coast, to the north on the middle Mississippi River in what was called the Illinois Country, and in New France (present-day Quebec in Canada). An 18th-century French colonial log house (see first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |