Roderick Townsend-Roberts

Roderick Townsend-Roberts (born July 1, 1992) is an American Paralympic athlete. He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2015 Parapan American Games. In 2015 he set two world records (2.07 and 2.12 m) and won the world title in the high jump in his disability class.Townsend-Roberts cleared 2.14 m (7 ft ⁄₄ in) at the 2019 Mt. SAC Relays to take his world record over 7 feet.

Roderick Townsend-Roberts was born to Jason and Mary Holloway. He has four younger siblings, Edell Storey, Jason Holloway, Amaury Holloway, and Farrah Washington. He played American football for two years at the Lincoln High School (Stockton, California) and served as the team captain in 2009. He has a degree in communications from Boise State University and currently works as an athletics coach at Northern Arizona University.