Jodi Anderson

Judith ("Jodi") Anderson (born November 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired heptathlete from the United States. Anderson qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead.[1] She set the world's best year performance in the women's long jump in 1981. She did competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

References

  1. ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jodi Anderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-11-30.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Soviet Union Tatyana Kolpakova		 Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance
1981		 Succeeded by
Romania Valy Ionescu



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