LaMark Carter

LaMark Carter (born August 23, 1970 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American former triple jumper. His personal best was 17.44 m (57 ft 2¹⁄₂ in), achieved in June 1998 in New Orleans. He was the silver medallist at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships and also the 1999 Pan American Games. He was a three-time national champion at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (1998, 1999 and 2001).

He made the USA Olympic Team in 2000 but did not medal in the Sydney Games. At the US 2004 Olympic Team Trials he tested positive for the banned substance salbutamol.^[1] Carter was a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics.

He attended Captain Shreve High School and collegiately he competed for the Northwestern State Demons and Lady Demons. He holds the triple jump meet record for the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, having jumped 16.93 m (55 ft 6¹⁄₂ in) in 1998.^[2]

National titles

USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Triple jump: 1998, 1999, 2001

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	16.80 m
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	16.62 m
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th (q)	16.51 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	8th (q)	16.67 m
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	3rd	17.07 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Moscow, Russia	5th	16.57 m
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	5th	17.20 m
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd	16.98 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	17.10 m
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	17.09 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	10th (q)	16.47 m
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	5th	15.80 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th (q)	16.60 m
2001	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	16.83 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th (q)	16.47 m

References

LaMark Carter profile at IAAF

↑ Anti-Doping – Disqualifications and Public Warnings – USATF
↑ Records. New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.

US National Champions in men's triple jump

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1893: Edward Bloss 1894-1908: Not held 1909: Frank Irons 1910–11: Dan Ahearn 1912: Platt Adams 1913–18: Dan Ahearn 1919-20: Sherman Landers 1921: Kaufman Geist 1922-23: DeHart Hubbard 1924-25: Homer Martin 1926-28: Levi Casey 1929: Robert Kelley 1930: Levi Casey 1931: Robert Kelley 1932: Sid Bowman 1933: Nathan Blair 1934: Dudley Wilkins 1935: Rolland Romero 1936–37: Billy Brown 1938–39: Herschel Neil 1940–43: Billy Brown 1944: Don Barksdale 1945: Burton Cox 1946: Ralph Tate 1947: Bob Beckus 1948–51: Gay Bryan 1952: Walter Ashbaugh 1953: George Shaw 1954: Claudio Cabreja (CUB) * Pat Lochiatto 1955: Victor Hernandez (CUB) Bill Sharpe 1956: Willie Hollie 1957: Bill Sharpe 1958–60: Ira Davis 1961–62: Bill Sharpe 1963: Kent Floerke 1964: Christos Mousiadis (GRE) Ira Davis 1965–66: Art Walker 1967: Charles Craig 1968: Art Walker 1969: John Craft 1970: Milan Tiff 1971–74: John Craft 1975: Anthony Terry 1976: Tommy Haynes 1977: Milan Tiff 1978: James Butts 1979: Ron Livers

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–81: Willie Banks 1982: Robert Cannon 1983: Willie Banks 1984: Al Joyner 1985: Willie Banks 1986: Charlie Simpkins 1987–89: Mike Conley 1990–91: Kenny Harrison 1982: Charlie Simpkins

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–95: Mike Conley 1996–97: Kenny Harrison 1998–99: LaMark Carter 2000: Robert Howard 2001: LaMark Carter 2002: Walter Davis 2003: Kenta Bell 2004: Melvin Lister 2005–06: Walter Davis 2007–08: Aarik Wilson 2009: Brandon Roulhac 2010: Kenta Bell 2011–12: Christian Taylor 2013: Omar Craddock 2014: Will Claye 2015: Omar Craddock

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LaMark Carter

National titles

International competitions

See also

References