Matt Hemingway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American Olympic high jumper
Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1972
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Matt Hemingway
- Matthew Eliot Hemingway (born October 24, 1972) is a retired American track and field athlete.
- He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens by clearing a height of 2.34 meters (7 ft 8 in).
- Reflecting on this he said: "I'm ecstatic about winning the silver.
- You don't lose gold medals.
- People win them.
- I won a silver and Stefan Holm won a gold." His personal best jump came at the 2000 US Indoor Championship where he leaped 2.38 m (7 ft 9?3/4 in).
- He jumped off of his left leg. Hemingway is 6 ft 7 in (or 2.01 m) tall and during his career weighed approximately 185 lb (or 84 kg).
- He originally is from Buena Vista, Colorado and graduated the University of Arkansas in 1996.
- His best college performance was a second-place finish at the 1996 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He came eighth at the 1991 U.S.
- Junior Championships and jumped 7 ft 4 in.
- In 1993 he placed 8th at the NCAA Outdoors and was 15th in qualifying at USA Outdoors with a jump of 7 ft 4.5 in.
- He was fourth at the collegiate SEC Outdoors in 1994.
- In 1995 he was third at the NCAA Outdoors, second at the SEC Outdoors and 12th (a tie) at USA Outdoors.
- His year's best was a jump of 7 ft 4.5 in.
- In his senior year, 1996, he finished third at the Southeastern Conference championships, but then earned 2nd place at the NCAA Outdoors championships.
- At the 1996 USA Olympic Trials he earned first alternate position for the US Olympic Team by placing fourth.
- He finished the 1996 season ranked fifth in U.S., with a best jump of 7 ft 6.5 in. His first year out of school was disappointing, with a best of only 7' 3" (set indoors) followed by a tenth-place finish at the 1997 USA Outdoors championships.
- Saying he was burnt out and that jumping was no longer fun, Hemingway sat out for two years and worked as a white water rafting guide in Colorado in 1998 and 1999, marrying his Arkansas college sweetheart, Kate, in 1998.
- He then returned to competition in a big way in 2000.
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