Tynita Butts-Townsend (born June 10, 1990) is an American athlete competing in

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 ...

. She competed at the collegiate level at

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...

. Representing the United States at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, she placed eighth in the women's high jump. She qualified to represent the United States at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. She is married to

Roderick Townsend-Roberts Roderick Townsend-Roberts (born July 1, 1992) is an American Paralympic athlete. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics he set a high jump world record (2.15 m) and won gold in high jump, silver in long jump. Career He won the long jump and high jump ...

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* * * * * American female high jumpers 1990 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Sportspeople from Hampton, Virginia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States 21st-century American sportswomen East Carolina Pirates women's track and field athletes {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub