Andrea Norris (née Geubelle; born June 26, 1991) is an American

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athlete who competes in the

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and

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. Norris won the American title in 2013. She has personal records of and , respectively. Norris is a

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alumna and is a three-time

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champion, having won the 2012 indoor triple jump title and a long jump/triple jump double at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championship. In the triple jump, she also placed third at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials and was the gold medallist at the

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Early life

Raised in

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, she attended

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and competed in track and field while there. She won the long jump at the 2008

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then won both long and triple jump events at the 2009 National High School Championships. She was also the state champion in the

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that year.Andrea Geubelle - 2012-13 Women's Track & Field
Kansas University. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

College career

Norris chose to study at the

and began competing collegiately for the

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, being coached by

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. In her first major meet she came fifth in the long jump and third in the triple jump at the

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indoor championships. She failed to record a mark at the NCAA Indoor Championship. She was runner-up in both events at the Big 12 outdoor meet and also competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, where she was eighth in the long jump and eleventh in the triple jump. At the national junior championships she set a triple jump personal record of to win the title and came second in the long jump. At the

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, her first international competition, she failed to make the long jump final but came ninth in the triple jump. Norris fared less well in her second year, her only top three Big 12 conference came in the long jump indoors. She placed eighth in the triple jump at the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets.Andrea Geubelle
Tilastopaja. Retrieved July 28, 2013. She made her breakthrough in the triple jump at the start of the following season. She claimed the 2012 Big 12 indoor title with a jump of then won the NCAA Indoor Championship with a clearance of . In the long jump, she also placed second at the Big 12 and eighth at the NCAA indoors. At the beginning of the 2012 outdoor season she had a long jump best of then took the Big 12 triple jump outdoor title, as well as second in the long jump. She had a big personal record improvement at the NCAA outdoors, where her mark of took her to third place (she managed sixth in the long jump). She had appeared to be set to win the triple jump but a jump of was later disallowed. In good form, she tried for the Olympic team at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. She finished third in the triple jump, but did not have the qualifying standard to gain selection. She had her first international medal at the

, winning the triple jump gold medal. Her 2013 season began with a personal record jump of and at the Big 12 indoor meet she was runner-up in the long jump and retained her triple jump crown. The 2013 NCAA Indoor Championship saw her claim a horizontal jump double, as she took both the long and triple jump titles and set a personal record of . She repeated her previous Big 12 Outdoor placings (first in triple jump, second in long jump) then set a triple jump outdoor best of . She entered as one of the favourites at the NCAA Outdoor Championships but left as runner-up in both the long jump and triple jump. However, these performances helped the

win their first ever NCAA women's title. Despite her failure to win the outdoor collegiate title she went on to take her first national title at the

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with a wind-assisted jump of .

Professional

Her 2014 season will begin at

2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place February 21–23 in conjunction with the USA Ind ...

between February 20 - 22nd in

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with the long jump and triple jump. Norris jumped 6.61m (21-08.25 feet) to place 3rd and 13.66m (44-09.75 feet) to place 2nd. Andrea finished 13th in the long jump with a at

2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Organized by USA Track and Field, the four-day competition took place June 25–28 and served as the national championships in ...

. Andrea finished 1st in the triple jump with a at

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twilight on May 6, 2016
video of Andrea Guebelle's (@ageubelle05 ) jump in the 4th round jump out here at the Chula Vista Elite meet - 6:12 PM - 19 Jun 2016 U.S. Olympic Training Center - Chula Vista
Norris, alongside

Keturah Orji Keturah Orji (born March 5, 1996) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump. She has set a new US triple jump record twice. Early life Born in Hoboken, New Jersey to Nigerian parents, Orji grew up in Mount Olive Towns ...

and Christina Epps, achieved the 2016 Olympic Standard at 2016 United States Olympic Trials and was selected for the United States Olympic team. Norris placed 21st at the 2016 Olympic triple jump, jumping . Norris finished fifth in triple jump at

2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place from March 3 to March 5 and served as the na ...

and third in the triple jump with a at

2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2017 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships were held at Hornet Stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place June 22–25 an ...

. Andrea Norris placed sixth in triple jump at

2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), the two-day competition took place from February 14 to February 15 and serves as ...

International competitions

National competitions

Personal records

;Outdoor *

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 ...

– (2015) *

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 ...

– (2012) *

– 11.81 sec (2009) *

400-meter dash The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...

– 55.45 sec (2013) ;Indoor *

– (2013) *

– (2013)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geubelle, Andrea 1991 births Living people Track and field athletes from Washington (state) People from University Place, Washington Sportspeople from Pierce County, Washington American female long jumpers American female triple jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Kansas Jayhawks women's track and field athletes University of Kansas alumni