BUTTS-TOWNSEND Tynita

United States of America

Date of Birth: 10 Jun 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	8th (1.93)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Eugene, OR, USA	1.82

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Sociology - East Carolina University, United States of America

Husband Roderick Townsend-Roberts

Languages spoken:

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Roderick Townsend-Roberts won gold medals in T47 high jump and T47 long jump at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (alexandrialivingmagazine.com, 24 Jul 2021; insidethegames.biz, 03 May 2021; paralympic.org, 25 Jun 2021)

In 2014 she tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee. In 2019 she began suffering from arthritis in her left knee and the big toe on her left foot as a result of the injury. (alextimes.com, 15 Jul 2021)

In 2014 she was named the Conference USA Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year in the United States of America. (witn.com, 07 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She is a licensed massage therapist and has worked as a volunteer athletics coach at universities in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Dec 2019)

TOUGH YEAR
She suffered from depression and faced challenges finding a location to train during 2020. "[Making the team for the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo was] nothing shy of a miracle. I've been jumping fences, I've been sneaking onto tracks, and I haven't had a consistent place to high jump since 2019." (alextimes.com, 15 Jul 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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