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Aarik Wilson (born October 25, 1982, in
Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...
) is an American
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
er and
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er. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. US Olympic Trials Triple Jump Champion 2008, US National Indoor Triple Jump Champion 2008, US National Outdoor Triple Jump Champion 2007, US National Indoor Triple Jump Champion 2007(17.28 m), 3rd National Indoor Championships in Long Jump 2007(8.00 m).
He also finished fifth at the
2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...
2003 Pan American Games results
and sixth at the 2006 World Athletics Final. He competed at the
2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena. The announcement by the IA ...
without reaching the final round. His performances in 2006 earned him a ninth place on the
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world ranking; his first ranking among the top ten. According to his biography page at usatf.org, his personal best
triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
outdoors is , achieved in August 2007 in
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. His indoor PR in the
triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
is . Wilson's PR in the
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
is . He won the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, OR with a best jump of . Wilson also holds the Nevada Interscholastic Athletic Association (NIAA) 4A State Meet record in the
triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
, with a mark of 51-01.25 feet, set in 2001 as a senior at Churchill County High School in Fallon, NV.


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* * * * * 1982 births Living people American male long jumpers American male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Sportspeople from Reno, Nevada Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States People from Fallon, Nevada {{US-triplejump-athletics-bio-stub