CLAYE Will

13 Jun 1991
30
Male
TUCSON, AZ
 
United States of America
SAN DIEGO, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Triple Jump 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationLong JumpTriple Jump
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA-2nd (17.76)
2012London, GBR3rd (8.12)2nd (17.62)

World Athletics Championships
YearLocationLong JumpTriple Jump
2019Doha, QAT-2nd (17.74)
2017London, GBR-2nd (17.63)
2015Beijing, CHN-Qual. (16.41)
2013Moscow, RUS-3rd (17.52)
2011Daegu, KOR9th (8.10)3rd (17.50)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearLong JumpTriple Jump
20191 x 7th1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd
2018-1 x 2nd
2017-3 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
12019Triple JumpParis Saint-Denis, FRA18.06
22019Triple JumpBrussels, BEL17.22
22019Triple JumpMonaco, MON17.75
22018Triple JumpEugene, OR, USA17.46
22017Triple JumpBrussels, BEL17.35
22017Triple JumpParis Saint-Denis, FRA17.18
22017Triple JumpEugene, OR, USA18.05
32017Triple JumpLausanne, SUI17.12
72019Long JumpLausanne, SUI7.74

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
12021Triple JumpWorld Athletics Continental TourWalnut, CA, USA17.15

World Indoor Championships
YearLocationTriple Jump
2018Birmingham, GBR1st (17.43)


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
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Ill Will (Twitter profile, 05 Feb 2020)
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Music. (runblogrun.com, 16 Dec 2019)
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Athlete, Musician
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Social and Behavioral Science - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Wife Queen Claye [nee Harrison]
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Creole, English
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Jeremy Fischer [personal], USA
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His wife Queen Claye [nee Harrison] has represented the United States of America in athletics and won bronze in the 100m hurdles at the 2019 London Grand Prix in England. His older brother James Smith played American football at university level in United States of America. (runblogrun.com, 16 Dec 2019; ONS, 16 Aug 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Mar 2020)
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During his sophomore [second] year at University of Oklahoma he suffered stress fractures in his back and leg. (floridagators.com, 21 Jan 2011)
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He took up athletics in middle school in United States of America. (redbull.com, 15 May 2015)
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He initially played American football, but when a middle school track coach saw him sprinting around the field he suggested he should take up athletics. He began running the 400m and hurdles but switched to jumping. (redbull.com, 15 May 2015; willclayeinflight.com, 17 Jan 2015)
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Grenadian sprinter Kirani James. (IAAF, 01 Jun 2015)
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His mother. (redbull.com, 15 May 2015)
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"Give it all you've got." (IAAF, 01 Jun 2015)
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He was named 2011 Southeastern Conference [SEC] Men's Field Athlete of the Year in United States of America. (usatf.org, 2015)

He was named 2009 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA] Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year. (usatf.org, 2015)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC PROPOSAL
After claiming a silver medal in the triple jump at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he went into the stands and asked partner Queen Harrison to marry him. She accepted his proposal. "I woke up this morning before the alarm went off and I was ready to go at 05:00. I knew it was going to be my day. I've had the ring for a little while but when I woke up this morning I thought today was the day. To see her face in the moment, it was special. To see how happy she was despite the fact she should have been competing here and I knew how much that hurt. That trumped the hurt from not making the team. It was special. I woke up feeling it was going to be one of the best days of my life and it came through. She started crying immediately. She was shocked and happy at the same time." (people.com, 26 Oct 2018; ONS, 16 Aug 2016; rio2016.com, 16 Aug 2016)

MUSIC
In 2015 he released an extended play [EP] record titled "In The Wild". He had previously rapped in one of US rapper YG's videos. "It's just a hobby of mine, because I'd rather have a gold medal than a gold record, no question." (datpiff.com, 21 Oct 2015; sports.yahoo.com, 25 Jun 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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