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'''Roderick Townsend-Roberts''' (born July 1, 1992) is an American Paralympic athlete. 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/</ref>
Townsend-Roberts was born to Jason and Mary Holloway. 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 currently works as an athletics coach at [[Northern Arizona University]].<ref name=bio/>
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