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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 6, 1953 Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Long Beach State 49ers UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 2.34 m (1984)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dwight Edwin Stones (born December 6, 1953) is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and serve as an announcer at the same Olympics. Since then, he has been a color analyst for all three major networks in the United States and continues to cover track and field on television.[5] He served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Track and Field at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6] He is a member of the US Track Hall of Fame, the California Sports Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[7]
- ^ Shah, Diane K. (July 7, 1984). "Dwight Stones: still rocking and rolling". Spokesman-Review. (New York Times). p. 13.
- ^ Liimatainen, Keijo (April 22, 2003). "2.30, approaches 30!". IAAF.org. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ Dwight Stones Archived 2016-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Dwight Stones. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Dwight Stones". UCLA Alumni. May 22, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup – A blog on sports media, news and networks – baltimoresun.com Archived August 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Weblogs.baltimoresun.com (2008-07-16). Retrieved on 2016-07-11.
- ^ "ESPN's Chris Berman among 11 International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2023 inductees | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel.