Milton Goode (born February 16, 1960, in

Tinton Falls, New Jersey Tinton Falls is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 17,892,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 ...

er from the United States, who participated at the

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. Goode was raised in

Tinton Falls, New Jersey Tinton Falls is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 17,892,Monmouth Regional High School Monmouth Regional High School is a regional, four-year state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school and public school district based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth ...

, where he jumped .The first time he ever encountered the high jump was during a demonstration by his physical education instructor in High School, later setting the school record, jumping . After graduating high school in 1979, he moved to

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, and then

pursuing his athletic career at Alameda Junior College (now known as

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). While in California he became a professional jumper, and qualified in the

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to become a part of the U.S. team. His highlight was a personal best jump of . Goode has been a resident of

Freehold Township, New Jersey Freehold Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is both a regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey (home to the Freehold Raceway and Freehold Raceway Mall) and a bedroom community of New ...

.About Milton Goode
Home Pride Project. Accessed April 26, 2021. "Milton Goode was born on February 16, 1960 in Tinton Falls, New Jersey and is a retired Olympic athlete. He competed as a high jumper in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. After the Olympic Games ended, he returned home to New Jersey and currently resides in Freehold Township, NJ."

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* * 1960 births Living people American male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Monmouth Regional High School alumni Olympic track and field athletes of the United States People from Freehold Township, New Jersey People from Tinton Falls, New Jersey Sportspeople from Monmouth County, New Jersey Track and field athletes from New Jersey {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub