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'''Roderick Townsend-Roberts''' (born July 1, 1992) is an American Paralympic athlete. In [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Tokyo]] 2021, he set a [[List of IPC world records in athletics#High jump|high jump world record (2.15 m)]] and won gold in high jump, silver in long jump.<ref>[https://www.teamusa.org/News/2021/August/29/Roderick-Townsend-Sets-Another-World-Record-While-Daniel-Romanchuck-Grabs-Gold RODERICK TOWNSEND SETS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD WHILE DANIEL ROMANCHUCK GRABS GOLD] [[Team USA]]</ref><ref>[https://www.teamusa.org/News/2021/August/31/Roderick-Townsend-Jumps-To-A-New-Personal-Best-And-Lands-The-Silver-In-Mens-Long-Jump RODERICK TOWNSEND JUMPS TO A NEW PERSONAL BEST AND LANDS THE SILVER IN MEN’S LONG JUMP] [[Team USA]]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0wwH7n0xdw Roderick Townsend sets high jump WORLD RECORD en route to Paralympic gold | NBC Sports] [[NBC Sports]]</ref> 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>[https://www.tfrrs.org/results/62078/3792815/Mt_SAC_Relays/ 2019 Mt. SAC Relays results] TFRRS</ref>

Roderick Townsend-Roberts sustained permanent nerve damage to his right arm and shoulder at birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-06 |title=5 Facts: USA’s Roderick Townsend-Roberts |url= https://www.paralympic.org/news/5-facts-usa-s-roderick-townsend-roberts |access-date=2021-09-01 |website=Paralympic.org |language=en-US}}</ref> His parents are Jason and Mary Holloway. He has four younger siblings, Edell Storey, Jason Holloway, Amaury Holloway, and Farrah Washington. He played American football for two years at the [[Lincoln High School (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]] at the moment with his wife [[Tynita Butts]]. <ref name=bio/>

== References ==

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<ref name=rio>[https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/roderick-townsend-roberts Roderick Townsend-Roberts]. rio2016.com</ref>

<ref name=bio>[http://www.teamusa.org/para-track-and-field/athletes/Roderick-Townsend Roderick Townsend]. teamusa.org</ref>

<ref name=bio2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150827200104/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n10205251-townsend-roberts-dion.htm Roderick Townsend-Roberts]. toronto2015.org</ref>

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

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

* {{IPC Tokyo 2020|f6712ec7-9acf-37b7-82f3-47360ae21301|name=Roderick Townsend}}

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