Troy Doris

Troy Doris
Personal information
Born (1989-04-12) April 12, 1989
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country  Guyana
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Triple jump
Updated on 15 August 2016.

Troy Doris is an American triple jumper of Guyanese descent.[1] He competed at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.[2] He finished seventh with a mark of 16.90 meters.[3]

He was born in Chicago to Guyanese parents. He graduated from Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, Illinois in 2007. Doris was a two-time junior college national champion at the College of DuPage before transferring to the University of Iowa.[4] Before choosing to compete for Guyana, he placed eighth at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the triple jump,.[5]

Doris was Guyana's flag bearer at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony[6]

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