Tony Barton (athlete)
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Born | October 17, 1969 Washington, D.C. | (age 54)||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Marley and Jaden Barton | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Orrin Anthony Barton (born October 17, 1969) is an American retired high jumper.
Barton was born in Washington, D.C. He finished fifth at the 1992 World Cup, won the 1993 Summer Universiade, finished eighth at the 1993 World Championships, won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 1995 World Championships. At one time he was the third-ranked high jumper in the world and number one in the United States.
His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in June 1992 in New Orleans.[1] He also had 8.16 metres in the long jump.
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- American male high jumpers
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Track and field athletes from Washington, D.C.
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- American high jumper stubs