Brigetta Barrett

Brigetta Barrett
Brigetta Barrett at the 2012 Olympics
nation	United States
birthday	24th December 1990 (age 29)
place of birth	Westchester County , United States
size	183 cm
Weight	64 kg
Career
discipline	high jump
status	resigned
End of career	2016
Medal table
Olympic Summer Games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × US championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver London 2012 2.03 m  World championships silver Moscow 2013 2.00 m US championships gold Des Moines 2013 2.04 m
last change: September 2, 2018

Brigetta Barrett (born December 24, 1990 in Westchester County , New York) is a former American high jumper . Her greatest sporting successes are the silver medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow. Her personal best is 2.04 m, measured in June 2013 at the US National Championships in Des Moines .

Career

Brigetta Barrett won gold at the 2011 Universiade in China. At the world championships in the same year, she reached tenth place. In 2012 she won the silver medal at the Olympic Games, and in 2013 she came second at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

Barrett attended Duncanville High School in Duncanville , Texas . During this time, she won various local high jump competitions and set a new high jump record for her school. From 2010 to 2013 she attended the University of Arizona , where she was a member of the Arizona Wildcats athletics team and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater.

In 2016, the then 25-year-old declared her active time over.

Web links

• Profile of Brigetta Barrett, University of Arizona, Arizona Wildcats
• Brigetta Barret's blog at tumblr.com
• Brigetta Barrett on Youtube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Video on www.usatf.tv, the website of the US Athletics Federation
2. ↑ Brigetta Barrett Wins Gold in China ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , arizonawildcats.com  
3. ↑ Results LA-WM high jump - women  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , sport.de  
4. ↑ Brigetta Barrett Named Pac-12 Woman of the Year ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the University of Arizona website.