PARIS, France — Just like that, Georgia adds yet another medal winner to its count for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Former University of Georgia track athlete Jasmine Moore won bronze in the women's triple jump on a wet track, making history as the first U.S. woman to win a medal in the triple jump. She finished with a 14.67m jump, the highest of all of her attempts.
She also competed with Atlanta native and UGA Olympian Keturah Orji, who placed ninth overall in the 2024 Games. Her highest was 14.05m. Orji previously told 11Alive Paris could be her last appearance.
More about Jasmine Moore
Jasmine Moore is competing in her second Olympics this summer. She placed 23rd in Tokyo three years ago.
In 2022, she became the first American woman to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump.
At UGA, she won the triple jump at the 2021 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best and the Olympic standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her jump of 14.39m was also top 10 in the world that year.
At the U.S. Olympic trials, Moore finished second in the triple jump to clinch her Olympic spot.
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