Bradley Don Adkins is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

. At the 2016 Olympic Trials, he finished third in the men's high jump and qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro. Adkins was the 2014 Outdoor High Jump Champion in the NCAA

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...

. Adkins is married to fellow Texas Tech athlete
Maggie Adkins

References

Living people American male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Texas Tech Red Raiders men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1993 births 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub