Suzy Powell-Roos

Suzanne "Suzy" Powell-Roos (born September 3, 1976) is an American discus thrower. She competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics with the best result of 15th place in 2000.^[1][3]

She holds the American record at 222 ft 0 in (67.67 m), which she set on March 14, 2007 in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii at the "Big Wind" Discus Challenge.^[4][5] She set the world's best year performance in 2002, with a throw of 69.44 meters at the University of California, San Diego on April 27, 2002,^[6] the best throw in the world since 1999. That throw was not ratified as the American record due to technical issues with the throwing sector.^[7]

While in high school at Thomas Downey High School in 1994 she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News^[8] after setting the National High School Record in the discus at 214' 0" As a sophomore, she was on the American team at the IAAF World Junior Championships, finishing tenth. Two years later she took home a bronze medal from the same event.^[9] She was the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships gold medalist. She later attended UCLA. She won the 1996 and 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (1996 while winning the United States Olympic Trials (track and field).^[10] She was the runner up six times.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the  United States
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	10th	46.84 m
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	52.62 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	33rd (q)	56.24 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	21st (q)	54.22 m
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	7th	58.83 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	15th (q)	59.68 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	18th (q)	58.19 m
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	4th	60.00 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	9th	59.86 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	15th (q)	59.57 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	26th (q)	58.02 m

References

External links

• Suzy Powell-Roos at USATF
• Suzanne Powell Roos at World Athletics
• Suzanne Powell Roos at Olympics.com
• California State Records before 2000^{[permanent dead link]}