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My Take
Tianna Bartoletta is the kind of athlete I find genuinely fascinating because she refuses to be boxed in. Long jump and the 100 metres demand almost opposite instincts, yet she mastered both, then anchored a world-record relay right after the heartbreak of a fourth-place finish in London. That ability to convert disappointment into immediate gold tells you everything about her competitive wiring. Add a detour into bobsled and you have someone who treats her own body as an open experiment. Three Olympic golds across two Games is the headline, but the curiosity and resilience underneath it are what earn my respect.
Overview
Tianna Bartoletta (née Madison) (born August 30, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed fourth in the 100 m race then won her first gold by leading off the world record-setting 4 × 100 m relay team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tianna Madison-Bartoletta
- Name (Japanese)
- ティアナ・マディソン
- Reading
- てぃあな・までぃそん
- Born
- August 30, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Elyria, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 168 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sprinter / athletics competitor / long jumper / bobsledder
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Elyria High School
- University
- University of Tennessee
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.