Franklin Jacobs

Quick Facts

Full Name	Franklin Jacobs
Date Of Birth	Dec 31, 1957(1957-12-31)
Age	67
Birthplace	Mullins
Country	United States
Birth City	South Carolina
Horoscope	Capricorn

Franklin Jacobs Biography

Franklin Jacobs is one of the most popular and richest High Jumper who was born on December 31, 1957 in Mullins, South Carolina, United States.

Jacobs barely graduated high school and got no athletic scholarship, but enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey with a federal grant. He cleared 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) in his freshman year. In March 1977 he tore cartilage in his right leg playing basketball, but competed for over a year without surgery. He established a rivalry with Dwight Stones over the next two years, with media emphasizing the contrast between Jacobs, a short inner-city African American, and Stones, a tall blond Californian. Stones antagonized Jacobs by criticizing his unorthodox jumping style. Jacobs beat Stones at the 1978 Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, at which he set a world indoor record of 2.32 meters (7 ft 7 ⁄4 in). He waived his right to try for an even higher record, saying he “didn’t feel nervous enough”. The next day, Vladimir Yashchenko broke the record in Milan. In July, at a highly publicized international between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Jacobs lost to Yashchenko on countback. In August, Jacobs won the Tanqueray Award for outstanding amateur athlete; by then he had won 27 collegiate events.

Jacobs anticipated gaining lucrative endorsements from the 1980 Olympics, but the U.S. boycott of the Games precluded this. He was extremely disappointed and wanted to skip the U.S. “Olympic Trials”; he attended by request of his college, but failed his opening height. He gave up the high jump and did not return to college. A planned return to competition in 1982 did not happen. In 1991, he commented, “I was upset and my dreams were shattered. I probably could have come back in 1984, but I was a naive kid. It was like the floor fell in.”

Franklin Jacobs Net Worth

Franklin Jacobs is one of the richest High Jumper from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franklin Jacobs 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Franklin Jacobs (born December 31, 1957 ) is a former high jumper from the United States. His personal best of 2.32 meters (7 ft 7 ⁄4 in) was a world indoor record in 1978, and at 59 centimeters (23 in) above Jacobs’ own height of 1.73 meters (5 ft 8 in), it remains the record for height differential, now held jointly with Stefan Holm.

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Facts & Trivia

Frederick Ranked on the list of most popular High Jumper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Franklin Jacobs celebrates birthday on December 31 of every year.

Top Facts about Franklin Jacobs

1. Franklin Jacobs is an American high jumper.
2. He was born on December 17, 1996.
3. Jacobs attended North Carolina A&T State University.
4. His personal best jump is 2.30 meters (7 feet, 6 inches).
5. Jacobs won the gold medal at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
6. He also won the gold medal at the 2021 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships.
7. Jacobs qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in June 2021.
8. He is coached by Duane Ross and Lennox Graham.
9. Jacobs has a degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University.
10. He is sponsored by Nike and represented by PACE Sports Management agency.

How tall was Franklin Jacobs?

Franklin Jacobs was 5 feet 8 1/4 inches tall and had, in the 1978 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden, broken the world indoor record with a bound of 7-7 1/4. That was a full 23 inches higher than his head, and no one had ever done anything like that.

Who was the shortest Olympic high jumper?

Personal information
Height| 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country| Sweden
Event(s)| High jump

How high did Franklin Jacobs jump?

At FDU, Jacobs’ vertical leap was measured at an incredible 44 inches. “I sat down with Franklin and told him that he was a 7-foot high jumper in the making and his eyes lit up,” Marusyn says, “and after one season of FDU basketball, he focused on the high jump.”

What is the current world high jump record?

Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men’s record holder with a jump of 2.45 m ( 8 ft 1⁄4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men’s high jump.

Can high jumpers be short?

Holm, a high jumper from Sweden, is just 5-11, “a dwarf” in a sport in which the average height is 6-4 , said Francis Holway, an exercise and nutrition researcher in Buenos Aires. Yet Holm was defending his gold medal when he competed Tuesday night in the high jump, finishing fourth after clearing 7 feet 7 1/4 inches.