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My Take
Stones fascinates me because he lived inside his sport twice. Setting three world records in the high jump and grabbing two Olympic bronzes would be plenty, but becoming the first athlete to both compete and commentate at the same Games is a rare kind of insider's authority. Nineteen national titles across sixteen years tells you he was no flash in the pan. What I respect most is the arc into coaching, the instinct to hand down what your own body once proved. Athletes who can articulate the thing they did, not just do it, are rarer than the medals suggest, and I find that doubly impressive.
Overview
Dwight Edwin Stones (born December 6, 1953) is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and serve as an announcer at the same Olympics.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dwight Stones
- Name (Japanese)
- ドワイト・ストーンズ
- Reading
- どわいと・すとーんず
- Born
- December 6, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 197 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Glendale High School (California)
- University
- California State University, Long Beach
Awards & achievements
- 1978 Bislett medal
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.