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| caption = Townsend-Roberts at the 2015 Parapan American Games

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| birth_place = [[Stockton, California]], U.S.<ref name=bio/>

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{{MedalGold|[[2019 World Para Athletics Championships|2019 Dubai]]|[[2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump|High jump T47]]}}

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He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics<ref name=rio/> and 2015 Parapan American Games. In 2015 he set two world records (2.07 and 2.12 m) and won the world title in the high jump in his disability class.<ref name=bio2/> Townsend-Roberts cleared {{T&Fcalc|2.14}} at the 2019 [[Mt. SAC Relays]] to take his world record over 7 feet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/results/62078/3792815/Mt_SAC_Relays/ |title=2019 Mt. SAC Relays results |publisher=TFRRS |access-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704044817/https://www.tfrrs.org/results/62078/3792815/Mt_SAC_Relays/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Townsend-Roberts sustained permanent nerve damage to his right arm and shoulder at birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2017 |title=5 Facts: USA’s Roderick Townsend-Roberts |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/5-facts-usa-s-roderick-townsend-roberts |website=Paralympic.org |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901090628/https://www.paralympic.org/news/5-facts-usa-s-roderick-townsend-roberts |url-status=live }}</ref> His parents are Jason and Mary Holloway. He has four younger siblings, Edell Storey, Jason Holloway, Amaury Holloway, and Farrah Washington. He played football for two years at [[Lincoln High School (Stockton, California)|Lincoln High School]] in [[Stockton, California]], and served as the team captain in 2009. He has a degree in communications from [[Boise State University]] and used to work as an athletics coach at [[Northern Arizona University]]. He currently lives in [[Kentucky]] with his wife [[Tynita Butts]].<ref name=bio/>

== References ==

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* {{USOPC|TO/Roderick-Townsend|Roderick Townsend-Roberts}}

* {{IPC|id=roderick-townsend-roberts|id2=1419990|name=Roderick Townsend-Roberts}}

* [https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/athletes?individualId=f6712ec7-9acf-37b7-82f3-47360ae21301 name=Roderick Townsend at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website]{{dead link|date=January 2024}}

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[[Category:Boise State Broncos men's track and field athletes]]

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