Marquis Dendy (born November 17, 1992) 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, primarily known for horizontal jumping events. He is the 2015 National Champion 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 ...

. His winning jump, of , though wind aided at +3.7mps, his first jump of the competition, was the longest jump in the world under any conditions in over 5 years. He grew up in

Middletown, Delaware Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 18,871. Geography and climate Middletown is located at (39.4495560, –75.7163207) with an elevation of . According t ...

. Injury forced long-jumper Dendy out of Rio Olympics.

USA National Track and field Championships

Major Track and Field Championships

NCAA

Dendy just had completed his final season at the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

, where he won the

2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships was held from June 10 to June 13, 2015. This was the 94th NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 34th NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Champi ...

in both the long jump and 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 ...

, defending his 2014 championships in the same events. He accomplished the same double at the

2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 51st NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 34th NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center i ...

, setting the meet record in the Triple Jump. His first NCAA Championship was the 2013 Indoor Championship in the long jump.

High school

Marquis Dendy competed for Middletown High School in

where he set the state records in Long Jump and Triple Jump . After high school he competed for the US in the

2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics The 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held at the Centro Paralímpico Nacional in Irapuato, Mexico from 6 to 8 July. It was the seven edition of the biennial athletics competition for NACAC area athletes under 23 years of age. ...

, winning the gold medal in the long jump. He had previously experienced international competition as a 17-year-old in the

2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19 to 25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics ...

where he finished 8th in the triple jump.

Personal

He grew up in a sporting family: his father was a sprinter at high school while his mother Dionne was a collegiate sprinter. His aunt

Terri Dendy Terri Dendy (born May 8, 1965) is a former American track and field athlete from Wilmington, Delaware. Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in the United States, U.S. for the 400 meters event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993. She was a ...

was a sprint relay medalist at the

1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having ori ...

. He shared the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association's award as Delaware's Outstanding Athlete of 2014.Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association Athlete of the Year Award
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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dendy, Marquis Living people 1992 births Track and field athletes from Delaware American male long jumpers American male triple jumpers African-American male track and field athletes Florida Gators men's track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States 21st-century African-American sportspeople