Osbourne Moxey (born 27 August 1978) is a male

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 ...

er from the

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

. Osbourne has 2 kids Lauren and Landon. In the Bahamas he graduated from St. Augustine's College where he received a scholarship to attend

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, where he earned a degree in engineering. Moxey was coached by

Henry Rolle Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick, Somerset, Shapwick in Somerset, was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and served as Member of parliament, MP for Callington (UK Parliament constituency), Call ...

. He is known for his accolades in the Long Jump event and competing at the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

. Osbourne has 5 siblings Beverton, Afton, Kendinique, Donavon, and Daron.

Career

His personal best jump is 8.19 metres, achieved in August 2002 in

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Achievements

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References

1978 births Living people Bahamian male long jumpers Bahamian male triple jumpers Bahamian male hurdlers Bahamian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas Commonwealth Games competitors for the Bahamas Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes Auburn University alumni {{bahamas-athletics-bio-stub