Charles Austin (high jumper)

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Charles Austin

Personal information
Full name	Charles Allen Austin
Born	December 19, 1967 (1967-12-19) (age 56)[1] Bay City, Texas, U.S.[1]
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta High jump World Championships 1991 Tokyo High jump World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris High jump 1999 Maebashi High jump World Cup Championship 1998 Johannesburg High jump

Charles Allen Austin (born December 19, 1967) is an American former athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was inducted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2012. Currently, Charles and Javier Sotomayor are the only two high jumpers that have won gold medals in the Olympics, Outdoor World Championships, Indoor World Championships and World Cup Championships. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, who won the inaugural 1983 Outdoor World Championship setting the championship high jump record with a jump of 2.32m (7' 7 1/4"), and Charles are the only two high jumpers to win and establish the championship record in both the Outdoor World Championship and Olympic Games. He currently holds or previously held the high jump record at the three biggest outdoor (Olympics, Outdoor World Championship and Zurich, Weltklasse) track and field competitions.