Name: Erik Kynard

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): High Jump

Height: 6-4

Weight: 188

DOB: 2/3/1991

Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio

High School: Robert S. Rogers High School (Toledo, Ohio) ‘09

College: Kansas State University '13, Business Entrepreneurship

Coach(es): Cliff Rovelto

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2012, 2016); Olympic medalist (silver)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 6th
• London 2012 Olympic Games, silver

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2016 – bronze
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2011, 2013, 2015; Indoor – 2014, 2016
• Medals: 1 (bronze)

Personal: Son of Erik Kynard and Brandynn Adams...Has three brothers – Christopher, Branden and Ian – and six sisters, Ava, Justyce, Asia, Brittany, Faith and Bre’anna...Enjoys shopping, reading and listening to music...Two-time NCAA outdoor national champion in high jump (2011-12)...Qualified to compete at his first U.S. Olympic Team Trials as a 17-year-old in 2008.

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