Toby Stevenson

Toby "Crash" Stevenson (born November 19, 1976 in Odessa, Texas) is an Olympic class pole vaulter from the United States. He's known for being the only pole vaulter in the international elite to wear a helmet during jumps.

While attending Permian High School, Stevenson set 24 high school records, taking three district championships, and winning the state title in 1995, when he was also the top-ranked 18-year-old pole vaulter in the world. Stevenson later went on to graduate from Stanford University.

Since the fall of 2002, Stevenson has been a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Since then he has won the 2004 Olympic silver medal in pole vaulting, the 2003 Pan American Games gold medal, and the 2004 USA Indoor gold medal.

External links

* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_23425.htm Toby Stevenson's U.S. Olympic Team bio]

See also

* List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres

References

* [http://gostanford.collegesports.com/genrel/082704aad.html Toby Stevenson Takes Silver In Olympic Men's Pole Vault Competition]