Jeff Skiba (born April 28, 1984) is a

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Skiba wins lone USA medal on day six of World Championships

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(IPC), 27 January 2011 and a

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from the United States competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events. Jeff competed in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's high jump – P44 event, a silver medal in the men's pentathlon – P44 event, finished fifth in the men's javelin – F42/44 event, finished sixth in the men's discus throw – F44 event and finished ninth in the men's Long jump – F42/44 event

Major Achievements

**2008: Gold medal, F44/F46 High Jump; silver medal, P44 Pentathlon – Paralympic Games,

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**2008: Unofficial world record, high jump (2.15m) – Azusa Pacific Invitational, Los Angeles, California **2007: World record, high jump (2.10m) – U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, Atlanta, Ga. **2007: First Paralympic athlete to compete at U.S. Indoor Track and Field National Championships **2006: Gold medal, high jump; Fourth place, long jump – IPC World Championships, Assen, The Netherlands **2006: Gold medal, pentathlon -U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, Atlanta, Ga. **2004: Silver medal, high jump -Paralympic Games,

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**2002: Gold medal, high jump – IPC Athletics World Championships, Lille, France **2002: First place, high jump – International Challenge Track and Field Meet **2002: First place, high jump – Washington State High School Track & Field Championships

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* 1984 births Living people Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States American pentathletes American male high jumpers American male discus throwers American male javelin throwers American male long jumpers American amputees American police officers Track and field athletes from Seattle Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games People from Sammamish, Washington Sportspeople from King County, Washington University of Phoenix alumni {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub