Brittany Borman (born July 1, 1989) is an American

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athlete who competes primarily in the discus and the

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. She is a four-time NCAA Track and Field Champion, winning the javelin in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and the discus in 2010. In 2012, she won the US Olympic Trials in the javelin and represented the

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at the

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. She also represented the US at the

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Early life

Brittany Borman was born July 1, 1989 in

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to Richard and Laura Borman. She first became involved with

at age six, competing with her two sisters - Danielle and Breanne. By the time she entered high school, Borman had tried nearly every track and field event. At

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, she competed in

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, discus,

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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 ...

and

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. By the time she graduated in 2008, she was a four team All-Metro track star. She won state championships in high jump (5 ft-4 in) as a sophomore and in both the discus (150 ft-5 in) and shot put (44 ft-10.25 in) as a junior. In her senior year, she suffered a hamstring injury before the state finals, but still managed to win the discus (135 ft-9 in) and shot put (42 ft-8 in) titles. In 2006, Borman won the

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event at the

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Junior Olympics with a throw of and finished third in the

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with a score of 4538 points. In 2007, she won both the javelin (42.41m/139 ft-1in) and shot put (13.48m/44 ft-2.75in) at the

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Athletic career

After high school, Borman was accepted to

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on an athletic scholarship. She planned to follow in the footsteps of her idol Jackie Joyner-Kersee and compete the heptathlon. However, after one season she transferred to the

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and decided to concentrate on the discus and javelin exclusively. In 2010, Borman became second the NCAA Championships in the javelin with a throw of and in discus with a throw of . In 2011 and 2012, she repeated as NCAA javelin champion, with throws of and respectively. Additionally, she has won four Big Twelve titles and is a four-time

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n. She holds the Oklahoma school record in both the javelin and discus. Borman competed in the US National Championship in 2010 and 2011, finishing seventh in the javelin both years. She qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the javelin. Entering the final round of competition, she was in third place with three spots in the

up for grabs. However, she had never thrown the Olympic "A" Standard of and thus was not in a position to make the Olympic team. On her final throw, she exceeded her personal best by , turning in a distance of . With the throw, she won the event and made the Olympic team. "I didn’t really know what happened differently n the last throw" Borman remarked. "I prayed before it and I am still in shock about how far I threw." She will be joined at the Olympics by Oklahoma teammate and close friend Tia Brooks, who placed third in the shot put. At the 2012 Olympics, Borman's best throw during the qualifying round was 59.27 meters. She placed 8th in her group (15th overall) and did not qualify for the final. Borman is coached by former Olympian,

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, and is sponsored by Nike. 2014 #2 ranked Javelin in the United States by

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Personal life

Borman credits a

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for being the thing that has most shaped her life. She currently lives in

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Borman, Brittany 1989 births Living people American female discus throwers American female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Oklahoma Sooners women's track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Track and field athletes from St. Louis Track and field athletes from Oklahoma UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States People from De Soto, Missouri USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners